Hair

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Average number of hairs on the head: 100,000
Maximum length of hair: 70 to 90 cm
Annual growth: 12 cm
Female hair grows more slowly than male hair
Male hair is more dense than female hair
Lifespan of hair: 2 to 7 years
Load-carrying capacity: 100 grams (= one chocolate bar)
Combing is less detrimental than brushing
Frequent washing does not increase loss of hair
Hair grows faster in warm weather
Cutting hair does not influence its growth
Spliced ends can not be repaired and need to be cut
On average redheads have 90,000 hairs. People with black hair have about 110,000 hairs
Albinism is an inherited condition in which there is little or no pigment in the hair. An albino's hair is startlingly pale, either light yellow or nearly white.
Red hair is the rarest type of naturalhair color in humans.


Your Hair Color: Brown
Value: $5,000
How did we calculate your results?For women, blonde and red hair were considered the most desireable. Black and brown were valued equally, and if you had grey hair before the age of 40 you were penalized.

So, do blondes really have more fun?Sorry to say, that if it is true, we can't prove it. A 1985 article in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality volume 13 entitled "The Influence of Hair Color on Eliciting Help: Do Blondes Have More Fun?" certainly didn't prove it. Two males and two females (who worked with the researchers) stopped 72 males and 72 females, who were pedestrians, to ask for help. For 50% of their interactions they donned brunette wigs, while the other half of the time they appeared to be blonde. The study indicated that women helped women and men equally. Men were more apt to help a woman than a man; however, at no time in the study was hair color a factor.