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Article: Hair-raising facts.
- Article from:
- Kidsworld Magazine
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
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Long and short. Curly and straight. Blond, black and red. Hair comes in all sorts of styles, grows all over your body and does several jobs. It keeps your head warm, protects your skin, helps you sense things, and keeps dust and germs from invading your nose and eyes. Hair is also part of literature, music and history.
Who's hairiest?
All land mammals have hair, but guess who's hairiest: You! People have an average five million hairs on their body. Only a fraction of those hairs are on your head.
How many hairs you have on your head depends on the colour. Blonds have the most hairs--about 140,000--while redheads ...