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by Janet SpencerOn April 12, 1799, the world’s first comb-cutting machine, designed to turn ivory into combs, was patented by Phineas Pratt. Come along with Tidbits as we comb our hair!

HAIR FACTS• Hair is mostly made up of a protein called

keratin, the same substance that forms the outer layer of skin and the fi gernails. In animals, horns, hooves, claws, feathers, beaks, porcupine quills, and whale baleen are all also made of keratin.

• Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, and bone marrow comes in second.

• Hair grows faster during warm weather than cold, faster during sleep, and fastest between the ages of 16 to 24.

• How many hair follicles are there on an average adult? 5 million. 100,000 are on the scalp. The e are some 580 hairs per square inch on a man’s face. You shed scalp hairs at the rate of 70-100 per day.

• Hair never grows on the lips, palms, and soles. The e are the only areas on the body with no hair follicles.

• Combing is less detrimental than brushing.

• It’s impossible to repair a split end, aside from cutting the hair.

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FAST FACTS ABOUT HAIR• Hairs live two to six years before falling out,

to be replaced by a new hair. Because of this, it’s rare for hair to reach lengths exceeding several feet. Hair will be replaced at least 12 times during a normal life span.

• A strand of hair is stronger than a copper wire of equivalent diameter. A typical strand of hair can withstand a weight of about six pounds (2.7 kg) before breaking. An entire head of hair can hold about two tons.

• Whereas people of African decent have the lowest hair growth rate, and Asian hair grows the fastest, it’s also true that African people have the densest hair of all. In terms of texture, blond hair is the fine t, while black hair is the coarsest. Black hair is the most common hair color worldwide.

• About 13 percent of the Scottish population has red hair, the largest percentage in the world. Worldwide, about 1 percent of the population has red hair, the rarest hair color.

• Hair is composed of carbon (50%), oxygen (21%), nitrogen (17%), hydrogen (6%), and sulfur (5%). Darker hair tends to have more carbon present than lighter hair.

• It’s not true that the “baldness gene” comes from the mother’s side of the family. Theresponsible genes can come from either side of the family, but it’s defini ely true that the more family members with hair loss problems, the higher your chance of developing such issues yourself. Over 50% of men have male pattern hair loss by age 50.

• A horse, a mouse, and a human all have

approximately the same number of hair follicles. Humans and chimpanzees have the same number of follicles as well, but chimpanzees have thick hair while human body hair is short.

• Hair is one of the definiti e traits of mammals. Only a few mammals are regarded as being generally hairless, including the elephant, rhino, hippo, walrus, pig, whale, dolphin, porpoise, and naked mole rat.

• The reason we still have hair in our armpits and groin is to provide a larger surface area for odors to cling to, providing chemical advertising.

• The longest documented hair was measured in 2004. It belonged to Xie Qiuping from China, and measured 18.5 feet (5.6 m) long.

FIRST “NEW & IMPROVED”• Richard Harris was the fi st person to offer a

home permanent for sale. Unfortunately, his fi st product, called Noma (because it used No Machines) was an inferior product and damaged some hair. Harris reformulated the product and changed the name to Toni because ‘tony’ was a slang term meaning classy. He invented the slogan “new and improved” and was back in business again.

• He travelled from town to town giving beauty shop operators free Toni permanent waves so that when customers inquired about them, they could point to their own hair and say, “I’ve got a Toni myself!” Beauty shop operators, worried that they would be run out of business by the new craze in home permanent waves, resisted. Florida made it a crime to do beauty work outside a beauty parlor, and the Kentucky Hairdressers’ Association tried to arrest housewives for operating a beauty parlor without a license.

• Housewives retaliated by forming Toni Clubs and making hairdressing a social occasion. Ten years after his disastrous Noma experience, Harris sold Toni to the Gillette corporation for $20 million.

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• Richard Savaria was in jail in Billings, Montana facing a charge of felony theft. He stepped out of a line of prisoners and fl d from two deputies, making a clean escape. Just two hours later a local barber called police to report that a new customer had shown up in his shop requesting a shave and a haircut. The barber was suspicious of the man and requested police come check the guy out. Sure enough, it was the escaped prisoner. What tipped the barber off? Thehandcuffs the uy was wearing!

chose did a horrible job, in his opinion, so he fil d suit for $10,000. He claimed his social life was a wreck and people made fun of him. He had to wear a hat at all times to hide the haircut, and was seeing a psychiatrist to help him through the trauma. The judge said his hair would grow back and dismissed the charges.

• In 1956, 40% of barbershop customers were asking for the flattop crew cut. World War II made the crew cut popular, and Elvis Presley doomed it.

IT’S A FACT• The permanent wave was invented in 1906.

74 women tried out the six-hour technique the fi st year, and 5,000 did it the following year.

HAIR DYE• In the 1960s, only “hussies” dyed their hair.

Shirley Plykoff was the fi st woman to enter the Advertising Hall of Fame when she created Clairol’s “Does she— or doesn’t she?” ad campaign. Before this campaign, only 7% of American women dyed their hair. Afterwards, 50% did.

BARBER BITS• A man let his hair grow out for two years so

he could get a particular style of haircut when it was long enough. However, the barber he


Noteworthy InventionsHAIRY INVENTORS: QUIZ

• In 1855 a boy was born in Wisconsin and his mother called him King. Forty years later, King was angry to find his straight razor was too dull to shave well. Back then, men shaved with razors that had to be sharpened often. What a man really needed, King thought, was a razor that was so cheap that dozens of them could be purchased and each one could be thrown away when it became dull. The idea of a disposable razor was born. Toolmakers and engineers told him it was impossible.

• Then he teamed up with an inventor named Nickerson, and they perfected the design. In 1903 the fi st disposable razors went on sale. That year only 51 razors and 168 blades sold, but in 1904, sales totaled 90,000 razors and 12 million blades. The government ordered 3.5 million razors and 36 million blades during World War I. King died in 1932, a millionaire. The company he founded, named after his last name, is one of the largest manufacturers of shaving supplies in the world. What was King’s last name? (Answer at top of next page)

HAIRY INVENTOR #2: QUIZ• Jacob was a career soldier who found shaving

difficult. The disposable razor was issued to all soldiers, but it required water, shaving cream, a basin, and a towel– items not readily available in combat. Jacob wanted a way to shave that required nothing but the razor, so he decided to invent an electric

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* With garden centers bursting with spring planting supplies, here’s a handy and fun twine keeper you can make with your kids using two repurposed clay fl werpots with drain holes. Choose a size that can easily fit a ball of twine or thin rope. Set the ball inside and invert one pot on top the other, threading the line through the drain hole of the top pot. Secure with tape or even hot glue. Now you can pull twine through the hole without the ball getting all tangled up!

* “If you have a poster that has been rolled up and you want to hang it, try rolling it the oppo-site way and leaving it overnight. When you un-roll it, there will be fewer bumps, and the edges won’t curl so much.” -- R.L. in Idaho

* The best way to quickly chill canned and bottled drinks is in a mix of ice and water. Thisworks because ice water makes complete con-tact with the surface of a can or bottle, while ice alone makes only partial contact. To make your ice last longer and stay colder, pour salt on the ice/water mixture.

* “After too many mornings of rushing to finduniform pieces before a game, we decided to get smart. Now, sports uniforms get hung up with all accessories in the coat closet right af-ter washing. Th y’re ready as soon as it’s game time -- no looking under beds or in the back of overstuff d teenager closets!” -- P.P. in Texas

* “To hold all my daughter’s bobby pins, I mounted a plastic cup with double-stick tape right to her vanity mirror. I used to vacuum them up all the time, but now that she has a place to put them, it’s better.” -- L.E. in New Hampshire(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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shaver. He drew up plans and sent them to manufacturers, but no one was interested, so he did it himself.

• His fi st model was a two-handed affai , one to hold the motor and one to hold the razor. It was introduced in 1929 but sales were slow and he nearly went bankrupt.

Answer: Gillette invented disposable razors.

HAIRY INVENTOR #2• In 1931 Jacob introduced a smaller one-

handed model, and sold about 3,000 electric razors for $25 each. He invested every extra penny in advertising, and more than 1.5 million had sold by the time he died in 1937.

• The business got a big boost during World War II when a steel shortage made Gillette’s disposable razors hard to come by. Jacob named the company after himself, a German word which means ‘elegance.’ Name it.

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HAIRY INVENTOR #3: QUIZ• By the time John was 21, he was already

balding. It was 1898 and shampoo didn’t exist. John was sure his hair loss could be blamed on the poor quality of soaps available. He decided to find a soap that would save his hair. So he got a degree in chemistry and spent ten years experimenting. He found the problem with the soaps people used on their hair was that the pH balance was wrong. By 1930 he introduced pH-balanced shampoos for both oily and dry hair, naming the product after himself. It was America’s fi st shampoo.

• When customers failed to fl ck to his product,

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Dog Might Not Need Cataract Surgery

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My 13-year-old miniature poodle, “Dany,” has the beginnings of cataracts. I don’t want to put her through surgery. Are there drops or vitamins I can use instead? -- Mick, via

email

DEAR MICK: You’ll need to consult Dany’s veterinarian. However, if the vet will only consider

surgery, you can get a second opinion. Find out if a veterinary ophthalmologist is available

in your area. This pecialist can evaluate Dany’s condition, confi m whether it is cataracts (there is

at least one other condition that might be mistaken for cataracts) and recommend the next course of

treatment.According to Animal Eye Care, small cataracts can

be somewhat common in older dogs. Th y may not interfere with vision at all, and no medical treatment

may be needed. While cataracts can’t be reversed, you can make it more difficult for them to grow.

The mo t important thing is to make sure Dany stays healthy. Senior-dog illnesses, especially diabetes,

can aff ct her eyes and increase the risk of cataracts. So keep up with scheduled checkups, and make sure she eats a proper diet. If she’s on medication, make

sure she takes it.Nutritional supplements that contain antioxidants reputedly help slow cataract development, and in

fact, at least one eye-specific upplement, Ocu-Glo, is available by prescription from the vet. Avoid using supplements developed for humans, as other ingredients in them may not be good for dogs. Also, be wary of products that claim to reverse cataracts:

Only surgery can get rid of them.Send your questions or tips to [email protected].

(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

John hired an artist to create beautiful full-color illustrations of ordinary women with extraordinarily shiny hair, placing the ads prominently in large magazines. It worked.

• Alas, the shampoo did not keep John’s hair from falling out, but he became a very rich bald man. In recent times, commercials for John’s shampoo launched the careers of famous models, including Brooke Shields, Kim Basinger, Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, and Cybill Shepherd. What’s the name of John’s shampoo? (answer below) Answer: Schick invented electric razors. Answer: Breck invented shampoo.

WIGS• In ancient Rome, vain women had marble

statues made of their heads. Many wealthy women also equipped their statues with removable marble wigs, so they could be changed to match the hairstyles.

• Queen Elizabeth I of England suffe ed from smallpox at the age of 29. She survived the illness, but her hair did not and she was bald from then on. To hide the condition, she began to wear ornate and elaborate wigs. As a result, wigs became all the rage across England and Europe, a fashion that lasted for centuries.

• King Louis XIV employed 40 wigmakers and needed an entire corridor to hold all his wigs. His personal barber was the only human being ever allowed to see him bald.

• Many people powdered their wigs with fl ur to absorb grease and dirt and make them look cleaner. Thisled to a shortage of fl ur in Marie Antoinette’s day, adding to the social unrest and riots that led to the French Revolution. When wig-powdering in England led to a fl ur shortage in 1795, Parliament decided to tax every citizen who used hair powder. Huge sums were raised before wig-wearing went out of style.

• In 1765, men in London began to give up their wigs in favor of natural hair. Thisworried wigmakers, who staged a demonstration by marching through the streets to the palace. Th y presented a petition to King George, asking him to force all adult males to wear wigs by royal edict. An opposing group staged a counter-demonstration in which they pretended to represent the wooden leg-makers. Th y petitioned the king to have a leg removed in order to promote their trade. TheKing got the point and denied both petitions.

• In 1766 an observer wrote, “’Tis almost impossible to make the ladies understand

that heads bigger than one’s body are ugly.”

• During a skirmish with the Osage Indians, a commander was stunned and slightly wounded by a blow. He fell from his horse, and an Indian came over. The Indian was fascinated by the commander’s stunning head of white hair, and he grabbed a handful in preparation for scalping the man. The commander leapt to his feet and ran off, leaving the surprised Indian holding a handful of hair. He’d never seen a wig before and was convinced it was a magical scalp because it had fallen off in his hand. The wig became his prized possession and he was henceforward known as Paw-Hu-Scah, meaning “white hair.” When he became chief, the town that grew up around his settlement was named Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

• A wigmaker in Sydney, Australia branched into a new area: providing false hairpieces for the chest of men who are “bald” on their chest. He reportedly made a model that would even stay on in the water.

• In Rome, there were few natural blondes, so the government declared that blonde hair would henceforth be known as a badge of sin. Wicked ladies were licensed, taxed, and required to dye their hair blonde or wear yellow wigs. Today, we still feel that blonds “have more fun.”

—Joke—• William Rose Benét was looking through the

window of a wig shop. Two identical toupees were displayed on wig stands. “Th y’re as alike as toupees in a pod,” said Benét to his companion.

Hairy Inventors Quiz (continued):

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By Samantha Weaver* It was 20th-century American author and motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia who made the following sage observation: “Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”* If you’re planning a visit to the Netherlands, try to make time for a stop in Giethoorn. This village has no roads; its buildings are connected entirely by footbridges and canals. * According to the Global Language Monitor, every 98 minutes a new word is created somewhere in the world.* You could be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Pope Formosus, but the details of his career are fascinating. In 872, while serving as Cardinal Bishop of Portus, he was a candidate for the papacy, but due to some political issues, he left Rome later that year. Pope John VIII ordered Formosus’ excommunication for, among other things, deserting his diocese without papal permission, despoiling the cloisters in Rome and conspiring with “certain iniquitous men and women for the destruction of the papal see.” The excommunication was lifted in 878, but Formosus had to agree never to return to Rome or exercise his priestly functions. This would seem to be a career-killer, but in 883, Pope Marinus I restored the disgraced cardinal to his diocese. Finally, in 891, Formosus’ rehabilitation was complete, when he was unanimously elected to succeed Pope Stephen V.* Neil Armstrong may have been the first human to walk on the moon, but Buzz Aldrin was the first to urinate there (using the system built into his space suit, of course). * Most people, upon seeing a bunch of deer together, would call it a herd; however, you also could call the group a bunch, a mob, a parcel or a rangale.

Thought for the Day: “All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.” -- Adlai Stevenson(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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