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- There are more women in the United States than men.
- Approximately 2 of every 100 (2%) women in the world have a supernumerary nipple which is a 3rd nipple. Be proud of what ya got.
- The origin of the word “woman†is thought to be wyfman, a term from Middle English which means wife of man.
- There was a woman who was pregnant for 17 months 11 days and is recorded as the longest human pregnancy ever.
- One woman gave birth to 17 children which is the current record. Not at one time though!
- The female sex sign is represented by a small cross with a circle on top. There’s a pink one on this page. This sign actually is the same as the one which represents planet Venus.
- There are many moons and stars which have female names, but from our solar system’s planets only Venus is named after a female goddess.
- Human women’s breasts are bigger from a proportional point of view than the other female mammals.
- The average US woman has a height of 5 feet and 4 inches. As for the weight, the average is about 165 pounds. This is 35 or more pounds overweight for the height and build of the average North American women and gender plays a large roll. This number will vary a lot in the world, thanks to the many differences in prenatal care and nutrition.
- Almost everywhere in the world, women have a higher life expectancy than men do.
- Worldwide, there are more males than females (100 men vs approx 98.6 women). In the US, women out number men by an average of about 4 million. As for the people which have more than 85 years, women are about twice as many as men and that increases with age.
- Thanks to the fact that women live longer than men, they are two times more likely to be either visually impaired or blind.