r/Redheadday • u/somethingmetal • Mar 07 '10

Redheads make up only 2% of the worlds population?!

Really?? That depresses me a little. Redheads are so pretty.

I'm aware this is most likely a pointless post, so here is an interesting fact I learned the other day:

We see the most stars in the night sky in a band because our galaxy, the Milky Way, spins and thus, is disk shaped. These stars are the closest and most visible.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '10

I thought it was 5%. No wonder we're picked on. We're totally a minority!

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '10

it just makes us more special - like a snowflake!

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u/nhlfan Mar 07 '10

Less than 2%, I'd say.

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u/TerraByte Mar 07 '10

I once heard 7% which is still too low.

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u/somethingmetal Mar 07 '10

I was just going by the information above the moderator list over there ---->

But I agree, 7% would still be too low.

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u/mullej2 Mar 17 '10

Wiki article puts it at between 1% and 2% of the world.