20 Beard facts that you may not know

• Hans Langseth’s  beard stretched to 5.33 m (17-feet, 6-inches) in 1927, earning him the title of Man With The Longest Beard Ever. Hans Langseth’s beard eventually made its way to Washington, D.C. and was stored in the Smithsonian Institute in 1967.
• Vivian Wheeler of the United States holds the record of having the longest female beard ever. Following the death of her mother in 1990 Wheeler grew a full beard that measured 11 inches.
• The Australian band called “The Beards” have sung every single one of their 38 songs about beards.
• Some people have the fear of beard which is called Pogonophobia. Nausea, feelings of dread, sweating and irregular heartbeat etc are its symptoms. 
• During Abraham Lincoln‘s campaign for the presidency, Valentine Tapley, a Missouri democrat promised to never shave again if Lincoln became president. He died in 1910 with a 12-foot-long beard.
• In 1698 beard tax was imposed to modernize the society of Russia. Those paying the tax were required to carry a “beard token”.
• In the Victorian Era, facial hair were endorsed by specialists to help keep men healthy.
• The professional study of beard is called “POGONOLOGY”
• The average man’s beard grows 5.5 inches a year – which goes to show that you can’t rush great work.
• If you suffer from acne and other skin disorders and irritations, just put your razor down and grow a beard instead. Shaving can spread bacteria around your face, irritate the skin with the dreaded razor rash, and cause hair follicle infection. 
• There are an estimated 30,000 hairs on an average man’s face.
• Everyone’s face gets dry from time to time, but it has built-in moisturizing capabilities because of sebaceous glands that secret oils.
• Allergies are usually a pain and make it difficult to breathe. But beard acts as a filter to keep pollen and other allergens from reaching your nose.
• Around 55% of men from the around world have facial hair.
• Beards growth is faster in the daytime than the nighttime.
•  There are 98% are clean-shaven men in the Forbes 100 list of the world’s richest men.
• Amateur boxers are prohibited from having beards in The International Boxing Association 
• In military facial hair was once prohibited.
• Prehistoric men grew beards for four reasons — warmth, protection ,intimation & there were no barbers as well.