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Beauty By Numbers.
Beauty By Numbers
Feet
Socrates once said, "When our feet hurt, we hurt all over" -- and he wore flat sandals every day. A look at the numbers behind how we abuse, pamper, protect, and adorn the most lowly part of our anatomy. -- SARAH VAN BOVEN
19: Percentage of women who consider their feet attractive. 8: Percentage of men who do. 32: Percentage of women who say they are uncomfortable with other people touching their feet. 23: Percentage of women who get a pedicure every month. $2.9 million: Total amount a judge ordered the owner of a salon in Watsonville, California, to pay 74 patrons who reported getting
skin infections after receiving a pedicure at the establishment. 52: Number of bones in a pair of
feet, almost one quarter of the total number in the human body. 250,000: Average number of sweat glands in a pair of feet. 10,000: Number of steps the average person takes in a day. 62: Percentage of people who consider it normal for their feet to hurt. 1904: Year William Scholl, then a 22-year-old podiatrist, received his first patent, for a mechanical arch support that he called a Foot-Eazer. 1911: Year the ...
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- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) July 11, 1995 700+ words
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