Hair Facts

Tags: Condom, Recycling, China, Chinese, Hair, Hair Band, Weird, Strange, Gross, Disgusting, Fashion

Fact Page: Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
Date Added: 2012-04-17 05:29:03
Fact Category: Weird Fact

Tags: Hair, Word, English, Cat

Fact Page: The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
Date Added: 2011-12-14 01:57:08
Fact Category: Animal Fact

Tags: China, 1911, 1900, Feudal, Feudalism, Pigtail, Hair, Communism

Fact Page: In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
Date Added: 2011-10-03 10:22:38
Fact Category: Weird Law

Tags: 1800, 18th Century, Rum, Brandy, Hair, Weird, Strange, Health

Fact Page: In the 1800's, rum was considered excellent for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy. Brandy was believed to strengthen hair roots.
Date Added: 2011-09-29 15:13:04
Fact Category: Food and Drink Fact

Tags: Demodex, Mite, Microscopic, Eye, Eyelash, Hair, Body, Human, Human Body

Fact Page: Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
Date Added: 2011-03-08 10:55:30
Fact Category: People Fact

Hair is strong. A single strand could hold 100g (3oz) in weight: the combined hair of a whole head could support 12 tonnes, or the weight of two elephants. Weight for weight, it is not as strong as steel: more like aluminium, or reinforced glass fibres or Kevlar, which is used to make bulletproof vests.

Tags: Hair, Human, Body, Human Body, Weight, Interesting

Fact Page: One human hair can support 3 ounces.
Date Added: 2011-02-04 15:03:32
Fact Category: Interesting Fact

Tags: Human, Hair, Fingernails, Nails, Death

Fact Page: Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
Date Added: 2010-05-10 08:50:01
Fact Category: Health Fact