"REDHEAD BOOYAH-NESS"People with ginger locks are head and shoulders above blondes or brunettes when it comes to coping with pain, researchers claim.Scientists have found that the gene responsible for flame-coloured hair also produces a morphine-type substance that acts like an anaesthetic and reduces pain."Seventy per cent of redheads are redheads because a particular gene doesn't work," Prof. Jeff Mogil of Montreal's McGill University.The hair colour gene produces a protein pivotal to feeling pain. In blondes and brunettes, it produces high levels of the protein, which means they feel pain much more keenly.The gene that's linked to red hair, melanocortin-1, dates back about 100,000 years. Ancient Romans considered the colour unlucky but the Egyptians thought redheads were favoured by the gods. Some of the Pharaohs were ginger.Being tougher than the rest could also explain the strength of famous redheads through the ages.Napoleon, Cleopatra, Columbus, Vincent Van Gogh, William Shakespeare, George Washington, Florence Nightingale and Winston Churchill were all redheads.I KNEW I WAS BROKEN BUT HEY I SURE AM STRONG!BOOYAH!Wacko Jacko Steals the Elephant Man's Bones
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