15 Now-You-Know Facts That Hard-Boiled Our Brains
In 1629, they took beard care pretty seriously. An influential book on the subject starts with this passage:
“In the mean time, when we have got well into the second book, we meet with what seemeth a strange kinde of person, which the name is 'Tobacoo,' and hath an exceeding big beard, very thick and curly all over his body and face; so great a one that if any gentleman be not ashamed of himself to take such a beard on hime, I cannot well conceive. For, as he may not keep his beard cleanly by the waye of soape and water, I will now show unto the gentlemen in the worlde how he may do the same, that they may know how much a great mane is needful for their faces to be made cleanse by washing thereof; or else they may use some other method to get them well clear; which I hope will please all that desire it.” And it goes on for six whole pages about mustaches.
Okay, not really. That was just the product of our fevered imaginations. But we DO have some content related to both the 1600s and mustache care, and this is it:
Opossums give birth after 2 days.
The arch in St. Louis is just as tall as it is wide.
There is oxygen on Mars, but don’t breathe it.
The Earth is moving faster than the speed of sound.
Tonsils can come back after being removed.
You could buy a car radio in the ‘30s.
Ice cream sundaes were all about breaking the rules.
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A person’s lungs are not both the same size.
The UK has their own “Tornado Alley.”
“Unfriend” has been around for centuries.
Pencils are yellow to pay tribute to royal heritage.
There are more birds than you think that make milk.
Protecting your mustache in the 800s was an important job.
Crabs are choosing underwater cables over sex.
