MORE MANLY FACTS ABOUT BEARDS YOU SHOULD KNOW

GROWING AND CULTIVATING FACIAL HAIR IS KNOWN

AS POGONOTROPHY

POGONOPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF BEARDS

BEARDS WERE ONCE TAXED. PETER THE GREAT

ENCOURAGED CLEANLINESS BY CHARGING PEOPLE

100 ROUBLES A YEAR TO HAVE A BEARD

DURING THE MIDDLE AGES TOUCHING SOMEONE ELSE'S

BEARD COULD BE SEEN AS DISRESPECTFUL AND EVEN

GROUNDS FOR A DUEL

AN AVERAGE MAN WILL SPEND 3,350 HOURS SHAVING

DURING HIS LIFETIME

PETER THE GREAT WASN'T THE ONLY "GREAT" THAT

OPPOSED BEARDS. ALEXANDER THE GREAT WOULDN'T

LET HIS SOLDIERS HAVE BEARDS SO THAT THEY

COULDN'T BE PULLED IN BATTLE.

THE LONGEST BEARD EVER WAS MEASURED ON A

NORWEGIAN MAN IN 1927. IT WAS OVER 5 METRES LONG!

YOUR FACIAL HAIR GROWS MORE DURING THE SUMMER

IT IS NOT TRUE, HOWEVER, THAT YOUR BEARD

(OR ANY HAIR FOR THAT MATTER) WILL GROW

BACK FASTER IF YOU SHAVE IT