Interesting reading about things that human hair can be turned into. The versality and usefulness of something we take for granted and so is so freely available is amazing:
As it turns out, hair is tensile enough to be braided into rope, flexible enough to be woven into felt, and resistant enough to be pressed into a panel that resembles wood.
For those in the know, there is nothing particularly novel about using hair in a variety of ways. Among a myriad of things
human hair/clay mixture (along with other binders) is used in plastering house walls, lining ovens, making wheels, and so forth. The addition of hair significantly reduces cracking and prolongs the life of these structures. Research shows that human hair reinforcement enhances the structural strength as well as the thermal insulation capacity of the clay structures
Reading about many good things that human hair can do for the world, reminded me of a rather silly poem on the topic
Delia, the unkindest girl on earth, When I besought the fair, That favour of intrinsic worth A ringlet of her hair, Refused that instant to comply With my absurd request, For reasons she could specify, Some twenty score at least.
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