Fair-haired people usually have, between 140,000 and 100,000 hairs on the scalp. Dark-haired people have, on an average, about 105,000; while red-haired people arc said to have only 30,000 hairs. The latter apparently possess one great advantage in the fact that they seldom become bald.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 241, 11 October 1929, Page 9
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