Facial hair used to be important in Russia. No, you don’t understand. It was REALLY important! We know this because of the Russkaya Pravda (Rus’ Justice or Rus’ Truth), one of the […]
Whoever said lightning never strikes twice never met Roy Sullivan. Sullivan was born on February 7, 1912. From 1936 to his retirement in 1977, he served as a United States park ranger […]
If you are average you will grow 590 miles of hair in your lifetime. Source
Roller coasters are supposed to be scary, but they aren’t supposed to actually be dangerous. In August 2003 Doug McKay was working at the Island County Fair at Whidbey Island, Washington. His […]
Priests in ancient Egypt plucked every hair from their bodies, including eyebrows and eyelashes. source
Merino sheep are prized for their super-fine wool. In a skin area about the size of a postage stamp, these sheep will carry between 10,000 and 15,000 fibers. The fibers are less […]
Frederick Locker-Lampson described Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s physique as “peculiar: curls like the pendent ears of a water spaniel, and poor little hands — so thin that when she welcomed you she gave […]
Pinky Thompson described an associate: “She had a wart on the left side of her chin, with one long, black hair growing out of it. When she sneezed, it cracked like a […]
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