
From the Vault: Fingernails, Part 1
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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How to Track the Growth of Your Finger Nails
Bean explains in this paper that there are a number of ways to track the growth of your nails, and this is his method. I make an indentation with the little file commonly employed to open small glass vials on the first day of each month. Within a week or two after marking the nail, the end is recorded when the mark has just reach the free margin of the nail exactly one point four five centimeters from the start. So even apart from clipping bean, observes that somewhere between a quarter and a half of the mass of the nail just vanishes over time through regular wear and tear. And i found this very interesting.
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