- The only 4 U.S. Presidents known for baring mustaches are: Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and William H. Taft. Since Taft in 1909, all U.S. Presidents have been clean shaven.
- By 1914 and the advent of WWI, the military mustache was well-established. Generally, the shape of the stache suggested rank: As a man advanced in rank, so did his mustache become thicker and bushier, until he ultimately was permitted to wear an ever fuller beard.
- The longest recorded moustache belongs to Bajansinh Juwansinh Gurjar of Ahmedabad, India. It had not been cut for 22 years and was 12 feet, 6 inches long in 2004In a deck of cards the King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
- Shaving with stone razors was technologically possible from Neolithic times, but the oldest portrait showing a shaved man with a moustache is an ancient Iranian (Scythian) horseman from 300 BC.
- There are between 10,000 and 20,000 hairs on a man's face.
- In 1967, The Beatles gave away cardboard mustaches with their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Lastly, Here is a link for you to one of my favorite tee shirt companies in DC that features staches on tee shirts. They can be found at eastern market a lot if you'd like to look at their work. http://www.fuzzy-ink.com/
Sources:http://gloriusmustache.com/facts.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moustache
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