Toenails All Around

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1. Biting your nails is a common sign of stress. There are even people who find it soothing to bite their toenails. Ugh! But you really should not do it. It could give you a hernia and also: All of these. It is extremely unhealthy. It looks very unappealing to have chewed stubs. You have a higher risk of ingrown nails.

2. True or false: toenails keep growing after your death. True False

3. Say you are a professional torturer. Which method of torture would you prefer to get the best results (which includes leaving no tracable evidence)? Pulling out the toenails with pliers. Filing the nail just until you reach the flesh. Crushing the toenail together with the tip of the toe in a vise. Inserting a sharp and sterile needle underneath the toenail.

4. Which of the listed home remedy solutions can actually, scientifically proven, cure toenail fungus also known as Onychomycosis? Using rubbing alcohol. Soaking every day in vinegar. None of these. Spraying bleach on the infected area.

5. Fingernails are pretty breakable, especially if they spend a lot of time doing the dishes. Toenails however need a formidable weed whacker or petrol powered grinding tool to get them trimmed. How is that possible since they are made of the same material? More blood and nutrition flows to the toes because they are bigger. Toenails experience more friction from sock and shoe and are stimulated more to grow thick. Keratin is heavier than blood so it forms a residue in the toenails and not in the fingernails which are higher on the body. Fingernails are used for precision work and are therefore thinner.

6. You can recognize some diseases by the color of your nails. Examples are; White means liver disease, red a heart condition, pale indicates anemia. But what can you say about a black nail? (think: auch) Indicator of a kidney disease. Clumsiness and uttered curses. You might have a lung disease. Diabetes.

7. Toenails, like hair, grow continuously. The average growth rate for nails is 0.1 mm each day. Is it true that the nails of men grow faster than the nails of women? Yes No

8. Since we are on the subject of toenails: What is the matrix? The area under the cuticle, which is the rim of the nail. A mathematical combination of rows and columns. Something you can not understand unless you take the red pill. A hairdressers salon with a website.

9. The platypus is a unique Australian creature. It is, together with the other two species of echidna, the only egg-laying mammal, and it lives most of his life in the water. Interesting huh?! But does the platypus have toenails? Yes No

10. The toenail is not just a human attribute. Diablo himself is also equipped with this feature. Which of the below mentioned "Devil’s Toenail" referrals is different from the other ones? (Hint: Fossil or not?) Petrified extinct oyster called "Devil's Toenail". The nail in the book written by Sally Prue called "The Devil's Toenail". The Devil's Toenail close to Click in Llano County, Texas, USA. "The Devil's Toenail" attraction in Cornwall, England.