that's first presents facts about beards
that you may not have known number one
the fear of beards different people are
afraid of different things most fears
have a scientific name the same is true
with beards there are actually people
out there who are afraid of beards and
the sphere is called Hogan of phobia
when a person with this fear encounters
a person with a beard they can start
feeling nauseous they'll sweat they can
experience an irregular heartbeat and
they can start to experience feelings of
dread uh-huh well I've got a beard and
this kind of explains why I get that
reaction from all women I approach
number two Fidel Castro's beard Fidel
Castro was extremely hated by the CIA
over the years they tried to assassinate
him plenty of times but they failed what
are their craziest schemes was to try to
get his beard to fall off Castro was
extremely proud of his beard CIA
believed that if they could make it fall
off somehow it would ruin his image they
believed that if they could expose him
to enough thallium salt through his
clothes and shoes that his beard would
fall right off unfortunately their plan
failed and he kept his beard number
three golden beards in ancient Egypt
in ancient Egypt beards were very
popular golden or blond beards were the
most popular many men would use henna or
dye to make their beards look golden
there were even some who would weave
gold threads into their beards I've got
a red beard I bet I would fit in great
in Egypt I was born in the wrong place
in the wrong century number four
beards increase social status in 2012
Dixon and veissy they did a study on
beards and what they found was that
women believe men with beards look older
however that's not a bad thing the women
involved in the study believed that men
with beards were on a higher social
status than men without beards number
five day growing there is a myth that
says that most things on the human body
grow at
and that includes beards well the truth
is beards grow faster in the daytime
than they do during the night next time
you go to sleep expecting to have a
longer beard think again number six if
you want a box shave your beard boxing
is a very tough dangerous and painful
sport it's also a very strict sport
according to the International Boxing
Association all amateur boxes are
prohibited from having a beard number
seven don't ever touch another man's
beard during the Middle Ages if a man
were to touch another man's beard it
would result in a duel well today most
men don't want another man touching
their beard however it's not going to
lead to a sword fight at least in most
cases number eight
shaving before a funeral when a family
member dies many men will shave their
beards off in ancient Rome it was the
exact opposite men would stop shaving
until the funeral was over if you wanted
to prove that you were grieving you
would have to have an unshaven face
number nine
beards are great protection most men
don't know this but a beard can protect
you from pollen and dust allergies if
you're a man suffering from allergies
before you take that allergy pill
consider growing a beard
number ten what would happen if men
didn't shave if the average man stopped
shaving as a teenager and never shaved
again he could grow a beard and that
would be up to 27 and a half feet long
that is a long beard number 11 total
hours shaving man do shave on a regular
basis for their entire lives can expect
to spend about 3350 hours in their
bathroom that is a huge chunk of a man's
life number 12
beards and war Alexander the Great
believed the beards were dangerous
during hand-to-hand combat because of
this he made all of the men who'd his
army shaved well not long after soldiers
started growing beards again they didn't
do it to rebel they did it to make a
statement they wanted their enemies to
see that they were fearless in times of
war number 13
taxes to grow a beard
there were certain times in certain
places where if you wanted to grow a
beard it would actually cost you the
government would charge a tax to anyone
who wanted to grow a beard if this law
were still in place today there would be
a lot fewer men with beards number
fourteen shaving can make you look older
and younger I know the statement I just
made doesn't seem to make any sense
how can shave they make you look younger
and older well most men know that
shaving off all of their facial hair can
make them look younger if you have a
beard it'll protect you from the sun's
harmful UV rays which prevents premature
aging and this can make a man look much
younger than he actually is however if
you don't grow a beard and continue to
shave you'll actually look older in your
face because you won't have the beard
there to protect you number 15 Abraham
Lincoln's beard this is one of the
craziest facts about a beard when
Abraham Lincoln began his term as
president of the United States he was
clean-shaven during his presidency
though an 11-year old girl named grace
Bedell wrote him a letter and she told
him that his face was very thin and he
would look better if he were to grow a
beard well he listened to the little
girl and he became famous for his beard
number 16 the longest beard on a woman
obviously women don't have beards in
fact for most women growing a beard
would be impossible there are however
some who can grow beards the woman with
the longest beard was able to grow hers
to be over 11 inches long number 17 the
longest beard on a man the man with the
longest beard ever recorded was Hans
Langseth at the time of his death his
beard was over 17 feet long
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me got to go do a little beard waxing
and trimming get a little scraggly
you
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