boinky 0 #1 April 19, 2005 RANDOM HAIR TIDBITS Eyebrow hairs stay short because their growing phase only lasts for 10 weeks. *** Eyelashes are replaced every 3 months. A person will grow about 600 complete eyelashes in a lifetime. *** A loss of about 70 hairs per day is typical, but emotional stress, illness, malnourishment and anemia can more than double this amount. *** The goosebumps that break out on our skin when we're cold represent little more than the body's effort to erect the coat of fur our ancestors lost over 100,000 years ago. Raised body hair provides added insulation. *** The average hair grows half an inch per month, with the fastest generally occurring in the morning hours. Hair sprouts fastest of all when you're in love, which may also be due to fluctuations of hormones. *** This one doesn't have to do with hair, but interesting none the less.... Vampire and fruit bats can hear pitch as high as 210,000 hertz, ten times higher than humans. The dolphin's hearing is even more sensitive, with an acuity of 280,000 hertz.Nina Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz) Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 43 #2 April 19, 2005 QuoteEyebrow hairs stay short because their growing phase only lasts for 10 weeks. How does this account for all those old men with the hudge eyebrows? The Brits seem to be particularily good at growing and grooming them!"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boinky 0 #3 April 19, 2005 Are they really long? Or are they just thick and therefore bushy? Plus, as you get older, certain hairs (especially on men...thus the phrase "Old Man Hairs) get thicker and wirier. Nina Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz) Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
