Random Hair Facts

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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    Blonde hair is not exclusive to Europeans. Melanesians of the south Pacific evolved a different gene for blonde hair.
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    Only 2% of the worlds population is blonde.
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    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley
    Valentine Tapley promised to never shave again if Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He died in 1910 with a 12-foot-long beard.
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    The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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