TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

People always say that blondes have more fun, but I think it should be redheads. As a redhead myself, I enjoy having a unique hair color.

It wasn't always this way though. When I was a young girl, I HATED having red hair. Every time someone would compliment my hair color, I would quickly respond, "It's not red. It's auburn!" Now I wish it was as red as it was when I was that age!

In any case, here's some fun facts about redheads to kick off your Wednesday morning...

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Red hair is great. It's rare, and therefore superior."

HINT: (1965-), is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002).

RANDOM TIDBITS
The highest concentration of redheads is in Scotland (13%) followed by Ireland (10%). Worldwide, only 2% of the population has red hair.

People with red hair are likely more sensitive to pain. This is because the gene mutation (MC1R) that causes red hair is on the same gene linked to pain receptors.

Redheads probably won't go grey. That's because the pigment just fades over time. So they will probably go blonde and even white, but not grey.

Redheads actually have less hair than most other people. On average they only have 90,000 strands of hair while blonds, for example, have 140,000. However, red hair is typically thicker so they it still looks just as full.

Having red hair isn't the only thing that makes some redheads unique. They are also more likely to be left handed. Both characteristics come from recessive genes, which like to come in pairs.

Redheads most commonly have brown eyes. The least common eye color: blue.

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Guided, I am scraping along,
leaving behind my snow white dust
against that which I am scraping,
for when I am scraping, I must.

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Red hair is great. It's rare, and therefore superior."

ANSWER: Augusten Burroughs.

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