Now, this is a lot of shit so I'll just post the link here. Don't really need to be explained either. It's random, so-called insane facts about hair. Let me know how much you knew already, and if you find it truly insane.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2PzOKy/hairlossgeeks.com/50-insane-facts-about-hair/



WTF facts

• Each strand of hair can contain up to 14 different elements, including traces of gold
• The anticipation of sex makes hair grow faster
• Human hair can be used to make an additive that is found in foods such as the dough for pizza crusts and bagels
• A cheap Chinese producer of soy sauce – Hongshuai Soy Sauce – was found to use amino acids from human hair
• 2750kg or 45 men
• The answer to “How Strong is Rapunzel’s Hair?” A paper produced by The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester
• Two African elephants or 12 tonnes
• The weight a whole head of hair could support
• 10 miles (16 km)
• The yearly gross product per head of hair
• Healthy hair, when wet, can stretch to 30% its original length
• Human hair is used by groups of eco-friendly volunteers to clean up oil spills
• Hair absorbs oil from the water, working as a natural sponge
• 40 – 150 strands of hair
• The number everybody sheds per day (unless you’re bald!)
• The only part of hair that is not dead is the hair that is inside your scalp

Insane facts about hair colour

• 2% Percentage of world population with Blonde hair
• Black hair is the most common hair colour
• The rarest hair colour is red and is only found in 1% of the world’s population
• 13% of the Scottish population has red hair
• The highest proportion of redheads in the world
• 2 – 6% of the American population are redheads
• USA has the largest population of redheads
• In 1950, about 7% of American women dyed their hair
• Today, 75% of American women dye their hair
• In a survey by Clairol, they found perceptions of people differed based on their hair colour:
• Blondes = fun and flirty
• Brunettes = smart and serious
• Redheads = strong
• Blonde hair can fetch up to 3x the price as dark hair.
• 100g of blonde, European hair = £1,000 ($1,600)

Insane facts about hair biology

• Hair is the second fastest growing tissue in the body – Only bone marrow is quicker
• We get goose bumps when it’s cold because our hair follicles contract, causing our skin to bunch up and hairs to stand on end.
• Hair is composed of 50.65% carbon, 20.85% oxygen, 17.14% nitrogen, 6.36% hydrogen, and 5.0% sulphur
• 100,000 is the average number of hairs on the head
• Blondes average hair strands– 146,000
• Black haired average hair strands – 110,000
• Brown haired average hair strands – 100,000
• Redheads average hair strands – 86,000
• Hair is one of the most common types of forensic evidence
• Hair cross-sections can be used to tell what race or ethnic origin you are
• People of Asian descent have very round shaped hair
• People of African descent have very flat shaped hair
• People of European descent have oval shaped hair
• Gender is one thing that cannot be identified by a hair strand
• Hair contains information on what has been through your blood stream, including minerals and drugs
• 5 million
• Approximate number of hair follicles the human body has
• All of the hair follicles in humans are formed when a foetus is five months old
• Hair can cover the whole body, with the exception of the soles of feet, palms of hands, mucous membranes, and lips

Insane facts about hair beauty

• The word shampoo comes from the Hindi-Urdu word ‘champna’, meaning “to smear, knead the muscles, massage”
• £500 / $780
• Average yearly amount women spend on styling products
• One hour and 53 minutes
• Average weekly time girls spend washing, blow drying and styling their hair
• - By the age of 65, they will have spent more than seven months of their lives on their hair
• For it to be apparent that you are balding, you would have to lose 50% of your hair
• 13 days
• Time it takes for any white or grey hairs to show from stress, shock or aging
• 5 months
• Average time a man spends shaving in his life
• If a man never shaved his beard, it would grow to over 30 feet in a lifetime
• World’s Longest Hair (Female) – Guinness World Records
• - Xie Qiuping (China) – Measured at 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) in 2004
• - Growing her hair for 30 years
• World’s Longest Hair (Male)
• - Tran Van Hay (Vietnam) – measured at 6.8m (22 ft 3 in) at death in 2010
• - Weighed 10.5 kg
• World’s Longest Ear Hair
• - Radhakant Baijpai (India) – measured at 25cm (9.8 in) in 2009

Insane facts about hair history

• In ancient Greece, blonde hair was associated with prostitution
• During the Renaissance, it was fashionable for woman to pluck their hairline to give them a higher forehead.
• In 1705, Peter the Great of Russia instituted a beard tax to westernize Russian society
• Beard tokens were inscribed with: “the beard tax has been taken” and “the beard is a superfluous burden”
• During the Victorian era, jewellery and lockets were made from the hair of deceased loved ones
• The Ancient Egyptians were the first to remove unwanted body hair
• Dreadlocks are said to have biblical justification
• “All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.”
• — Book of Numbers 6:5, KJV Bible
• In Ancient Rome, women dyed their hair blonde with pigeon dung
• In Renaissance Venice, women dyed their hair blonde using horse urine
• The ancient Greeks believed that redheads would turn into vampires after they died.