Do you know one thing that just isn’t discussed a lot? Armpits. Specifically, weird armpit facts. I mean, we all have armpits. Some of us groom our pits. Some of us don’t. Some of us work to ensure that our armpits don’t send out any kind of odor on a regular basis. Others don’t.
So here are 6 weird armpit facts I’ve found or known myself.
1. Women can lose up to 38% of under arm skin every time we shave. (This isn’t just armpits. Each time we shave, we lose skin).
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2. There are people in the world who have made cheese from bacteria in human armpits.
3. Had we not had stinky underarms thousands of years ago, we’d not exist. Our ancestors’ stinky pits helped keep predators at bay.
4. Armpits have 20 million microscopic animals living on a square inch of human skin.
5. Each armpit has it’s own amount of hair and growth rate of that hair. So your pits may not have equal amounts of hair.
6. Extra breasts (medical term: polymastia) are most commonly found in the armpits.
Lolo says
#2 makes me want to throw up! I can’t believe that!
ayanna says
Who knew! Armpit cheese! Gross, strange and stinky all wrapped up in one! I love this quirky post! xx #sitsblogging
Bev @ Blogging Inspiration says
Arm pit cheese? You weren’t kidding when you said you had some weird facts! 🙂
Pauline Cabrera says
Great info! I enjoyed reading these weird facts about our armpit. Now I have something to share with my friends. 😀
Danielle @ We Have It All says
OMGosh this has me LOL’ing – eww!
Jenn says
I just can’t even believe that anyone would make cheese out of armpit yuck. That is just disgusting!
Mandy@ TheHouseholdHero.com says
OMG, #2 and #4 grossed me out for sure. Interesting but I think it was info I may wish I didn’t know.
Amber Edwards says
Ok I am thoroughly grossed out. lol. Some of those facts are rather…yuck. Cheese? seriously? I would never eat that.
paula schuck says
Very interesting facts here. Love the predators point. I had no idea.
Erika @Musings SAHM says
Wow, that’s new to me. I had no idea we lost so much skin everytime we shave. It makes sense though. And the cheese? Yuck! I’m going to pretend I didn’t read that, lol!
Mommy Blogger says
i use dove as well, love it 🙂
Sarah says
I can honestly say I didn’t know those facts! I believe it about the stench keeping predators at bay! lol
Veronica Lee says
Interesting facts! Cheese from bacteria in human armpits????!!!! Eeeeeeewwwwww!