Whether you’re a razor-dodger yourself or a pogonophile (a person who loves beards), you’ll agree, a lustrous covering of facial hair is pretty impressive.
To mark the auspicious occasion of World Beard Day (first Saturday in September), here are some weird and wonderful facts about beards… 1.
A beard could increase your social status Traditionally, beards have been associated with manliness, and there’s research to back that up.
A study from the journal Behavioural Ecology asked people from two different cultures to assess bearded and clean-shaven faces with the results showing that bearded men were judged by both men and women to have higher social status.
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