Bearded ladies: 9 of the most gloriously luxuriant ladybeards
We've found ourselves admiring niche subreddit r/ladybeards rather a lot lately, so thought we'd share some of our favourites.
Bonus: Beard-facts - plus our own efforts at cultivating ladybeards. How did we do? Read on...
1. Beards make you 63% more likely to win staring contests
2. Peter the Great taxed beards, requiring the facially hirsute to pay 100 rubles a year to sport their hairy splendour
3. St. Wilgefortis, the saint of unhappily-married women, was blessed with a beard from God to save her from an unwanted engagement
4. On average, beards grow 5.5 inches per year
5. The postiche was a ceremonial metal beard worn by ancient Egyptian kings, queens and royal cattle
6. Beards consist of, on average, 30,000 hairs
7. Pogonology is the study of beards...
8. ... while people suffering from pogophobia are afraid of facial hair
9. Gimli's beard in The Lord Of The Rings was actually made from yak hair
Ladybeards courtesy of /r/Ladybeards, facts via History.co.uk, Chicago Tribune and Slideshare.