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The head of an average person
has 100,000-150,000 hairs. |
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A single hair can support up to 100
grams in weight and a whole head of hair could support
up to 12 tonnes - equilvalent of two African elephants. |
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A hair grows 0.3-0.5 mm per day, about
1-1.5 cm per month and 12-15 cm a year. |
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The word shampoo comes from the Hindi
"chmpn" meaning to massage or knead. |
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Children lose an average of 90 hairs
each day, which increases to 120 when fully grown. |
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Africans and Europeans are more prone
to balding than Asians. |
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Hair is the second fastest growing tissue
in the body after bone marrow. |
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One centimetre of hair holds your personal
record of the past month - what you ate, drank and the
environments you were in. |
