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Hair Color and Age

November 24, 2008

The color of your hair, your age, and even your gender have an impact on how many hairs are on your head. These modifiers even have a say in the denseness, and rate of growth of your hair. For example male hair is more dense than female hair, and females hair grows slower than males.

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The Color of Blood

November 15, 2008

In humans and other hemoglobin-using creatures, oxygenated blood is a bright red in color. Deoxygenated blood is a darker shade of red, which can be seen during blood donation and when venous blood samples are taken. However, due to an optical effect caused by the way in which light penetrates through the skin, veins typically appear blue in color. This has led to a common misconception that before venous blood is exposed to air it is blue.”

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School Bus Yellow

“School bus yellow is a color which was especially formulated for use on United States school buses in 1939. The color is now officially known in the U.S. as National School Bus Glossy Yellow and was originally called National School Bus Chrome.”

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Why Are Barns Red?

“Many barns in the northern United States are painted red.  One possible reason for this is that ferric oxide, which is used to create red paint, was the cheapest and most readily available chemical for farmers in New England and nearby areas.  Barns were painted red from a mixture of soured milk and rust, which [...]

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Is Your Brain Grey?

From howstuffworks.com
“Have you given any thought to the color of your brain? Maybe not, unless you work in the medical field. We have all colors of the rainbow in our bodies in the form of blood, tissue, bone and other fluids. But you may have seen preserved brains sitting in jars in a classroom or [...]

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Hair Color

“Hair color is generally yellow/gold, red, brown, or black depending on the ethnic origins of the person in question. Hair color is genetically associated with certain skin tones, eye colors, and even disorders (such as skin cancer or albinism in persons with blond or red hair).”
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Octopus Eyes

“The body of the Octopus, or Two-spot Octopus, is covered with chromatophores that allow it to blend in with any background by changing color. The name “Two-spot” comes from the conspicuous spots below each eye. Unlike most animals, the Octopus has a rectangular pupil. It usually comes out at night to feed on small invertebrates [...]

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Rainbows

From wikipedia.org
“Rainbows are visible due to water droplets in the air, with sunlight shining behind the observer.”

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