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Take this fun quiz to find out how many random menstruation facts you know!

How Much Do You Actually Know About Periods?

While 97% of women receive their period by the age of 16, it is very common for your period to be irregular up until the age of 18.

Irregular periods are quite common until the age of\_\_\_.

Although there are a lot of alternative solutions available, 70% of menstruating women use tampons as their preferred period product.

What percentage of menstruating women use tampons?

Although widely believed, there is actually no documented proof that women who live together end up with synchronized menstrual cycles.

Women who live together end up with synchronized periods.

It is widely accepted that one woman will use anywhere from 11,000 to as high as 16,800 tampons over the course of her life.

How many tampons will the average woman use over her lifetime?

According to the US Census Bureau, there are 85 million menstruating women at any given time in the United States.

There are an estimated \_\_\_\_\_ menstruating people in the United States

Through the centuries menstrual blood has been thought to do many things. Believe it or not, menstrual blood was also used to create love charms and to ward off demons. Additionally, a virgin's first menstrual napkin was thought to be a cure for the plague.

Menstrual blood was thought to cure all of the following, except:

The average person will start menstruating around 12 years old and continue to menstruate until about 50 years old, making 38 years how long the average person menstruates.

How many years will the average woman menstruate?

Although some tampon companies claim "flushable," tampons should never be flushed as they can expand up to ten times their size within plumbing systems. This problem is even more serious when the plumbing system leads to a septic tank.

It's okay to flush tampons.

Depending on which brand of toilet paper they prefer, the average person will use about 24 rolls of toilet paper per year just to cover menstrual items. Did you know the MaskIT pouch is an alternative way to dispose of used menstrual items without the wasteful method of toilet paper? MaskIT pouches are made with certified compostable biofilm, and if just 10% of menstruating people in the U.S. started using MaskIT instead of toilet paper, we could save over 140,000 trees every single year!

The average person will use \_\_\_ rolls of toilet paper every year to cover their menstrual items.

That's right! According to the CDC, menstrual blood can contain any bloodborne pathogen one can contract. Even dried blood can pose a threat.

Hep B, Hep C, HIV and other bloodborne pathogens can be transmitted through exposure to menstrual blood

Although toilet paper is the most common method of disposing of menstrual items, it is not the most effective. The MaskIT pouch is the only solution that has been designed to be placed on the hand prior to use, creating a glove like protection. Its pocket feature and puppet like functionality make it easy to remove menstrual items. With a simple inversion process, all items are safely contained and then sealed within a pouch that blocks odor on a molecular level.

Toilet paper is the most effective method of covering your tampons and pads.

That's right! It's estimated that 20 billion tampons and pads go to landfills every year in the United States alone.

How many menstrual hygiene items go to US landfills every year?

That’s quite alright, it’s not most other people’s thing either. The good news is that you (hopefully) now have a couple of interesting period facts in your back pocket. The next time you come in to a menstruation conversation you’ll be prepared. 
One more thing you could talk about during this menstration conversation is the MaskIT pouch. Go to www.MaskIT.us to find out why so many women across the nation are trying MaskIT. Use coupon code: PERIOD FACTS for $2 off!

So, obscure menstrual facts aren't your thing.

Your collection of period facts is quite impressive. Hopefully you now have a few more facts to add to your collection. The next time you come across a menstruation conversation, you’ll have a few more facts to dish out. 
If you want to really impress your friends, you could tell them about the MaskIT pouch. Go to www.MaskIT.us to find out why so many women across the nation are trying MaskIT. You can use coupon code: PERIOD FACTS for $2 off!

Not bad! #Impressed

Not really, but your knowledge of obscure menstrual facts is on par with one. Congratulations, you know more menstrual facts than 90% of the population!
You might be the kind of person who would like to learn about a unique method to dispose of your tampons and pads. Go to www.MaskIT.us to find out why so many women across the nation are trying MaskIT. You can use coupon code: PERIOD FACTS for $2 off!

You are a certified OB-GYN!

Wow! Just, wow. Your knowledge of obscure menstruation facts is astonishing! You know more menstrual facts than 99% of the population! With great power comes great responsibility; They say knowledge is power, sooo your basically a superhero. Congratulations!!!
You might also be the kind of person that likes to stay up-to-date on the newest products for feminine hygiene. If that’s the case, you should definitely check out the MaskIT pouch! Go to www.MaskIT.us to find out why so many women across the nation are trying MaskIT. You can use coupon code: PERIOD FACTS for $2 off!

You are a Menstruation Fact Master!

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How Much Do You Actually Know About Periods?

Check out MaskIT, the innovative new way to dispose of used menstrual hygiene products!

How Much Do You Actually Know About Periods?

Check out MaskIT, the innovative new way to dispose of used menstrual hygiene products!

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