20 Unbelievable Facts Every Ginger Person Should Know

17. Gingers Experience Pain Differently To The Rest Of The World

Apparently, a side-effect of having red hair is that it makes you more sensitive to pain than other hair colours, because, genetically, pain receptors are linked to the mutated MC1R gene that causes red hair. As a result, studies have found that gingers require more anesthesia for dental or medical procedures than other hair colors, making this mutation essentially the opposite of a super power. It also means that your ginger jokes probably hurt more than you imagine they do.