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Mark Twain once quipped that "While the rest of the human race are descended from monkeys, redheads derive from cats.” Does this mean that redheads are cooler than the rest of us? Find out what makes gingers so special with these interesting redhead facts.
1. Only 1-2% of humans, or about 140 million people in the world, have red hair. It is the most rare hair color on earth.
2. Red hair doesn’t gray as much as other hair colors. Red hair initially tends to turn blond and then white.
3. According to several studies, women with red hair have more sex than women with other hair colors.
4. During the witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe, many women were burned at the stake as witches merely because they had red hair.
5. The same gene mutation that causes red hair also makes redheads more susceptible to pain and anesthetic.
6. People with red hair have twice the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
7. Studies show that brunettes are typically considered smart and serious, blondes as fun and flirty, and redheads as strong and stubborn.
8. Hitler reportedly banned the marriage of redheads in order to prevent “deviant offspring.”
9. “Gingerphobia” is a fear of redheads. “Gingerism” is the bullying or prejudice of redheads.
10. Mark Twain once quipped that “while the rest of the human race are descended from monkeys, redheads derive from cats.”
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