Fast Facts: Sept. 24
September 24, 2010
- How many hairs on your head? If you’re blond, about 150,000. Brunette, 100,000. Redhead, 60,000.
- There are 550 hairs in the average eyebrow.
- About 10 percent of men and 30 percent of women shave solely with an electric razor.
- There are about 15,500 hairs in the average beard.
- Hair is unique to mammals.
- City dwellers have longer, thicker and denser nose hairs than country folks do.
- Your hair is as strong as aluminum.
- Medical studies show that intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair.
- Number of hair follicles on an average adult: 5 million.
- Hair covers the whole human body, except for the soles of the feet, the palms, mucous membranes and lips.
