♥ Approximately 70% of women of menstruating age use tampons. A woman may use nearly 11,400 tampons in her life.
♥ A woman will spend approximately 3,500 days menstruating.
♥ The human female egg is the largest cell in the human body. It is the only human cell that can be seen with the naked eye.
♥ A tampon does not make a woman bleed more than if she uses a pad.
♥ Studies suggest that city lights or artificial lights influence the menstrual cycle.
♥ In some parts of India, a woman indicates she is menstruating by wearing a handkerchief around her neck stained with her menstrual blood.
♥ Menstruation huts were common features in premodern cultures. They were a place where women were separated from the community during their menses for various reasons ranging from fear to respect.
♥ In the eighteenth century in Saigon, no woman was employed in the opium industry because it was believed that if a menstruating woman were near, the opium would become ruined and bitter.
♥ Up until the age of about 18, irregular periods are quite common because the body is still working on perfecting the system.
♥ Periods tend to be heavier, more painful, and longer in the colder months.
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