It’s time to celebrate what your mamma gave you – yes, today is National Cleavage Day.
Although some of us may groan because of the boobs men who have a preference for ogling cleavage, the annual celebration has actually been created by Wonderbra as a day of appreciation for breasts in all shapes and sizes.
They say National Cleavage Day gives women the chance to be proud of their assets: “We view this as a day for women to acknowledge that their cleavage is something unique and encourage you all to be proud of it.”
With all this talk of boobs today HuffPost Lifestyle started to wonder: How much do we actually know about breasts?
For example, do you know the size of the world’s largest breasts? Or what breast milk really tastes like? Or which one of your breasts is more likely to be bigger than the other?
No? Neither did we, so we did some investigating and the results are fascinating….
1. Are unequal breasts normal?
Yes! Most women have one breast bigger than the other, and research shows that it’s usually the left one that’s larger, although no one really knows why.
2. How big are the world’s largest breast implants?
3. What is he most common bra size in the world?
Worldwide B is the most common cup size, smaller than the average British woman who wears a D cup bra.
4. Does ovulation affect your breasts?
Due to hormones released during ovulation, a woman’s breasts are most symmetrical between days 14 and 16 of her monthly cycle.
5. Are human breasts and animal breasts different?
Humans are the only species to have permanently enlarged breasts, other animals only have them when nursing.
6. How much do breasts weigh?
The average breast weighs 1.1 lbs and contains 4-5% of the body’s total fat.
7. Does smoking affect breasts?
Due to the chemicals in cigarettes breaking down the body’s elastin, smokers often have saggier breasts than non-smokers.
8. How does Breast milk compare to cow’s milk?
9. Does size doesn’t matter when it comes to breast feeding?
10. Men can also lactate
Yes, there really is such a thing as a lactating male nipple.
The good news is that spontaneous lactation in men is exceedingly rare. Instead, when men do lactate, it is usually brought on by a drug hormone regimen prescribed to treat some unrelated condition. What’s going on is fairly basic: Men have mammary glands just like women, and some cancer treatments require estrogen, which means that men who are receiving a certain type of cancer treatment may lactate.
