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Redheads Experience Pain Differently

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Redheads feel ‘good’ pain different than others, according to scientists

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Redheads make up less than 2% of the global population, according to Ripley ’s, while only about 4% to 5% carry the red hair gene.

A study from the University of Hamburg noted that redheaded women have more and better sex than women with other hair colours.

The hair gene mutation in redheads modulate pain sensitivity, researchers concluded.

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