Sunday 19 December 2010

Bearded facts.
  1. Shamsher Singh of Punjab, India, had his beard measured at 1.83m (6ft) from the end of the chin to the tip. This makes his beard the longest on a living male.
  2. The longest beard ever was grown by Hans Langseth of Norway, whose whiskers stretched an incredible 5.33m (17ft 6in).
  3. The number of inches whiskers grow per year. 5.5
  4. length of beard an average man would grow if he never shaved: 27 feet.
  5. Amount of time an average man spends shaving 3350 hours
  6. Number of whiskers on the face of the average man: 30,000
  7. The only guy without a beard in ZZTOP has the surname - Beard.
  8. Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
  9. If a woman has high levels of testosterone, it is likely to have properties such as male and could have grown a beard.
  10. Likewise with men, if you take too many steroids, his body will stop producing testosterone allowing increased levels of estrogen that causes these men can grow breast tissue. 
  11. Of all the hair on the face, the beard is the hair of the fastest growing
  12. The study of beards is called "pogonology".
  13. As a sign of royalty, Egyptian kings and queens wore postiches, which were artificial beards made of metal. 
  14. In ancient India, the beard was allowed to grow long, a symbol of dignity and of wisdom.
  15. The ancient Greeks regarded the beard as a badge or sign of virility.
  16. A man with a beard after the Macedonian period implied a philosopher, and there are many allusions to this custom of the later philosophers in such proverbs as: "The beard does not make the sage."
  17. Alexander ordered his soldiers to be clean shaven, fearing that their beards would serve as handles for their enemies to grab and to hold the soldier as he was killed.
  18. The Spartans punished cowards by shaving off a portion of their beards.
  19. The ancient Syrians oiled and curled their beards.
  20. Every November, men all over the world grow out their moustaches for charity. This event is known as- MOVEMBER!

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