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Women differ from men in many unique ways.

The female body and mind is a marvel, and many different things distinguish women from men. The following are just a few of the many things that make women unique.

Health & body - Women live longer than men on average because it is believed their immune systems age more slowly. (Source: Tokyo Medical and Dental University) - Male brains may be larger than female brains, but they both contain the same number of brain cells. (Source: Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute) - Due to high production of estrogen during puberty, girl’s brains generally mature two years earlier than boys. (Source: Encyclopedia of Children’s Health) - Women cry on average between 30 and 64 times a year, whereas men do so between six and 17 times. (Source: German Society of Ophthalmology) - The longest human pregnancy on record occurred in 1945. Beulah Hunter carried her baby for 375 days. (Source: Time magazine) - A female’s heartbeat is faster than a male’s. (Source: LiveStrong) - Women have a greater number of taste buds than men. (Source: Physiological Society) - Women blink 19 times per minute. (Source: Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics) - At birth, a female has 1 million eggs. By the time she reaches puberty, only about 300,000 remain. Of these, only 300 to 400 will be ovulated during a woman’s reproductive lifetime. (Source: Cleveland Clinic) - Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of U.S. women. (Source: American Heart Association) - Women perspire half the amount as men. (Source: Science Daily)

Lifestyle - Buttons on women’s clothing are on the opposite side than the buttons on men’s clothing. That is because men dressed themselves during the last few centuries, while women were typically dressed by servants. (Source: Smithsonian magazine) - Women speak about 20,000 words a day, which is 13,000 more than the average man. (Source: Journal of Neuroscience) - Men, not women, were the first to wear high heels. (Source: The Society Pages) - Women are generally very interested in and able to distinguish facial expressions, emotional tones in voices and nonverbal cues. (Source: Psychology Today) - Women pay less for auto insurance because they’re statistically less likely to get into car accidents. (Source: National Association of Insurance Commissioners) - More than 80 percent of women wear incorrectly-sized bras. (Source: Triumph lingerie company)

Employment & money - Women earn more than 60 percent of all the college degrees issued in the United States. (Source: National Center for Education Statistics) - Only 20 percent of women in the United States earn more than $5,000 more than their spouses. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau) - The smallest wage gap between men and women is in New Zealand. (NZ Ministry for Women)

Miscellaneous - The word ‘woman’ is purported to be derived from the Middle English word ‘wifeman’ meaning ‘wife of the man.’ (Source: Dictionary.com) - A 43-year-old female school teacher was the first person to ever ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel. (Source: History.com) - There are 9 million more women than men in Russia. (Source: Pew Research) - The average woman in the United Kingdom will own 111 handbags during her lifetime. (Source: Daily Mail) - Mini golf was invented because Victorian manners meant women couldn’t raise clubs over their shoulders on backswings. (Source: Curiosity.com) - Women were not able to compete in the Olympic Games until 1900. (Source: Olympic.org)

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