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Hair Trivia
Untangle 150 hair trivia questions covering iconic hairstyles, hair science, famous haircuts in movies and music, beauty industry pioneers, world records, and fascinating hair history from ancient Egypt to today.
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How long is Rapunzel's magical hair in Disney's "Tangled"?
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Which German friend cut John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's hair into the mop-top style in Paris in 1961?
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What tiny wingless insects are a common scalp infestation among schoolchildren?
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What common scalp condition causes small white flakes to fall onto your shoulders?
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Which Russian ruler imposed a tax on beards in 1698 to force men to modernize?
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What hairstyle features hair braided in tight rows close to the scalp?
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What is the tiny skin structure from which each hair grows called?
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Which pop star released the empowerment anthem "Hair" on her 2011 album "Born This Way"?
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In Disney's "Tangled," what magical power does Rapunzel's hair have when she sings?
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Which hair-care entrepreneur is often cited as America's first female self-made millionaire?
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Which monster from Greek mythology had living snakes for hair?
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What is the name for sudden widespread hair shedding that begins 2-3 months after severe stress, illness or childbirth?
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Which Rodgers & Hammerstein musical features "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"?
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Lanolin, a common ingredient in hair conditioners, comes from the wool of which animal?
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Which haircut is famously described as "business in the front, party in the back"?
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Who composed the music for the rock musical "Hair"?
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In what year did French hairdresser Marcel Grateau introduce his famous "Marcel wave"?
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Which star of "The A-Team" made a Mohawk and gold chains his trademark look?
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In which 1953 film does Audrey Hepburn's runaway princess get a short haircut at a barbershop?
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Which German-born hairdresser demonstrated one of the first permanent wave machines in London in 1905?
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At which Army post did Elvis Presley receive his famous buzz cut in March 1958?
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According to Herodotus, what did a Persian scout see Spartan soldiers doing before the Battle of Thermopylae?
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The English word "shampoo" was borrowed from which language?
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Microscopic analysis of which pharaoh's mummy suggested he was a natural redhead?
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Which styling tool uses two heated plates pressed together to straighten hair?
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Which hair product gave its name to John Waters' 1988 film set in the early 1960s?
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Polar bear fur looks white, but what color are the individual hairs actually?
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Which surrealist artist's upturned, waxed moustache became as famous as his paintings?
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What pigment gives human hair its natural color?
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Which of these parts of the human body has no hair follicles at all?
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The thin golden strands known as "Pele's hair" are made of what?
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The hangover cure "hair of the dog" originally referred to a folk remedy for what?
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Which Harry Potter family is famous for its flaming red hair?
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Which 16th-century man covered in hair, raised at the French court, is said to have inspired "Beauty and the Beast"?
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In what year did the FDA approve Rogaine to treat male pattern baldness?
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Which Peanuts character has just a single squiggle of hair on his forehead?
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What plant-based dye is used for both temporary body art and reddish hair color?
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Which band's 1994 song "Mullet Head" helped popularize the word "mullet"?
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Roughly how thick is an average human hair?
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Which biblical prince cut his hair only once a year, when it weighed 200 shekels?
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The word "comet" comes from a Greek word meaning what?
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What is the irrational fear of hair called?
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Which constellation is named after the hair of an Egyptian queen?
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In what year did French stylist Alexandre Godefroy invent an early salon hair dryer?
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"The Rachel," one of the most copied haircuts of the 1990s, came from which sitcom?
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Which inventor of an early traffic signal also sold a hair-straightening cream he discovered by accident?
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Which fairy-tale heroine let down her long hair from a tower so visitors could climb up?
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Which celebrity stylist created Meg Ryan's tousled 1990s shag?
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Which Mexican painter proudly featured her unibrow in dozens of self-portraits?
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What is the innermost layer of a hair shaft, often absent in fine hair?
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Which pop star shocked fans by shaving her own head at a California salon in February 2007?
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Which poet wrote the 1712 mock-epic "The Rape of the Lock" about a stolen curl?
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About how many hair follicles does the human body have in total?
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Roughly how much weight can a single healthy strand of hair hold before breaking?
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Which group took the "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" medley from "Hair" to No. 1 in 1969?
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What is the medical name for excessive hair growth sometimes called "werewolf syndrome"?
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What towering 1960s hairstyle is named after an insect's home?
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What are the tiny muscles that make hairs stand on end and cause goosebumps?
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What do you call a hairstyle where long hair is swept across a bald spot to cover it?
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The red and white stripes of the barber pole are traditionally said to represent what?
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Which "Frozen" character wears her platinum hair in a long side braid?
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What is the most common natural hair color in the world?
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People with which natural hair color typically have the most hairs on their head, around 150,000?
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Which Berlin druggist introduced one of the first powdered shampoos in 1903?
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Lady Godiva's legendary ride protested heavy taxes imposed by her husband, who was he?
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In Sikhism, what is the article of faith of keeping one's hair uncut called?
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When measured in 2004, Xie Qiuping's record-breaking hair was approximately how long?
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What is the traditional oiled topknot worn by sumo wrestlers called?
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Worn by only about 1-2% of people worldwide, what is the rarest natural hair color?
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About how many hairs grow on the average human head?
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Whose voluminous Afro became one of the most iconic images of the Black Power era?
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What 1970s look did Farrah Fawcett make into one of the most copied hairstyles in history?
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Legend says Lady Godiva rode naked through which English city, covered only by her long hair?
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Which genus of yeast-like fungus is most closely linked to dandruff?
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Which physicist is famous for his wild, untamed white hair?
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What nickname was given to the Beatles' famous early 1960s shaggy haircut?
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Who became the official "Shampooing Surgeon" to Britain's Kings George IV and William IV?
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Who wrote the 1920 short story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"?
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At which New York venue did "Hair" premiere off-Broadway in October 1967?
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In the Brothers Grimm tale, Rapunzel is named after which plant her mother craved?
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Which biblical strongman lost his power after his hair was cut?
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Which Roman leader reportedly loved wearing a laurel wreath because it hid his baldness?
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Which stylist created Jennifer Aniston's "Rachel" haircut?
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How many pin curls did Shirley Temple's mother reportedly set in her hair for each film?
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Which hair-loss pill contains the same active ingredient as the prostate drug Proscar?
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What was hair-care pioneer Madam C.J. Walker's birth name?
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Which hair-color company uses the famous slogan "Because I'm worth it"?
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What is the medical term for the graying of hair?
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Dreadlocks are a sacred hairstyle in which religious movement founded in Jamaica?
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What hair dryer attachment spreads out airflow to enhance natural curls?
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Which French chemist founded L'Orรฉal in 1909 after inventing a safe synthetic hair dye?
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Which Indian temple, where millions donate their hair each year, is among the world's biggest sources of hair for wigs?
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"Uncombable hair syndrome" is also known by what descriptive nickname?
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How long does a typical scalp hair stay in its growth phase before resting and falling out?
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Which Disney heroine cuts off her long hair with a sword to disguise herself as a soldier?
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About how many scalp hairs does the average person shed every day?
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Which classification scale is used to measure male pattern baldness?
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What is the scientific study of hair and the scalp called?
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What insulting nickname does Gilbert Blythe call Anne Shirley about her red hair?
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What is the medical term for hair loss?
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The bald eagle isn't bald; its name comes from an old English word "balde" meaning what?
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Which Pixar heroine is known for her wild, curly red hair and archery skills?
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How much was Vidal Sassoon reportedly paid for the publicity-stunt pixie cut he gave Mia Farrow for "Rosemary's Baby"?
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What is the name of the active growth phase of the hair cycle?
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Who was Marie Antoinette's personal hairdresser and creator of her towering poufs?
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Which 1960s musical is subtitled "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical"?
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Which U.S. state passed the first CROWN Act banning natural-hair discrimination in 2019?
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What is the fine, soft hair that covers a fetus and some newborn babies called?
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The Pantene brand name was derived from which hair-care ingredient?
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"Rapunzel" traces back to "Persinette," a 1698 tale by which French writer?
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Hair is the second-fastest growing tissue in the human body; what is the only tissue that grows faster?
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What braided hairstyle with a shaved forehead did the Qing dynasty force Han Chinese men to adopt after 1644?
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What is the V-shaped point of a hairline at the center of the forehead called?
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What tool do barbers use to give someone a buzz cut?
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Which British stylist revolutionized 1960s hair with geometric, wash-and-wear cuts?
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Which slang term for an important person comes from the large wigs worn by powerful men in the 1700s?
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Queen Berenice II sacrificed her hair to the gods for the safe return from war of which husband?
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Which anti-dandruff shampoo brand did Procter & Gamble launch in 1961?
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Which hair-regrowth drug was originally developed as a pill to treat high blood pressure?
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Norwegian-American Hans Langseth's beard, now kept at the Smithsonian, measured about how long?
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Which French king, going bald in his twenties, made men's wigs fashionable in the 1620s?
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What natural oil do glands in the scalp produce to keep hair moisturized?
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What do you call a stubborn tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest?
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Which fungus did scientists identify in 2015 as the cause of delicate "hair ice" on rotting wood?
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Which future Vogue creative director modeled Vidal Sassoon's famous 1964 "Five Point" cut?
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How many Tony Awards did the musical "Hairspray" win in 2003?
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What colors are traditionally found on an American barber pole?
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Who played Edna Turnblad in John Waters' original 1988 "Hairspray"?
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A 2000 analysis of a lock of Beethoven's hair found unusually high levels of which element?
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Flappers made the bobbed haircut a symbol of rebellion in which decade?
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What is the name of the disorder involving a compulsive urge to pull out one's own hair?
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Which Agatha Christie detective is obsessed with his perfectly groomed moustache?
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What iconic hairstyle did Princess Leia wear in the original 1977 "Star Wars"?
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On average, about how much does scalp hair grow in one month?
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In the Bible, who betrayed Samson by having his hair cut while he slept?
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Who directed the 1979 film adaptation of the musical "Hair"?
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What towering 1770s hairstyle did Marie Antoinette popularize, sometimes topped with model ships?
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In O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," what does Della buy with the money from selling her hair?
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According to the Book of Judges, how many locks of hair did Samson have?
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What is the long hair growing along the top of a horse's neck called?
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Which chemical is the main active ingredient in most hair bleach?
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Mutations in which gene are responsible for most natural red hair?
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Which famously bald villain is Superman's archenemy?
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Which cartoon mom wears a towering blue beehive hairdo?
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According to Herodotus, which ancient Egyptians shaved their entire bodies every third day for purity?
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What tall, swept-back hairstyle did Elvis Presley make famous in the 1950s?
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Which red-haired literary girl wears braids that stick straight out from her head?
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Studies of preserved locks of Napoleon's hair famously found elevated levels of which poison?
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What hairstyle shaves both sides of the head and leaves a strip of hair down the middle?
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What protein makes up most of every strand of human hair?
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