by Tonums on June 7th, 2005

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If they were never cut, how long would one's fingernails grow in a lifetime?

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  • by Dahdscear on June 7th, 2005

    Dahdscear

    The rate fingernails grow depends greatly on the health and diet of a person and also on which finger (the longer the finger the faster the nail grows.)

    However, it is said that healthy fingernails grow an average of .5 millimeters per week. If you lived to, say, 85-years-old and never had a nail break you would have fingernails around 7 feet long.

    http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?tocId=9372975&query=fingernail&ct=

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  • by MisterBig on June 10th, 2005

    MisterBig

    http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=48558
    a Single Hand
    Back in July 1998, Shridhar Chillal of Poona, India had his record-breaking fingernails measured on the set of Guinness World Records: Primetime. The combined length of the five nails of his left hand were found to be a staggering 6.15 m (20 ft 2.25 in). Shridhar does not grow the nails on his right hand.

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  • by Deep Smiley on June 10th, 2005

    Deep Smiley

    It takes about four to six months for a fingernail to grow from the base to the tip.
    If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

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