Facts and trivia for the last post of 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Funny shaving facts
This is a short list of funny trivia and facts about shaving, I hope you will enjoy:
- Only 30% of men who shave use an electric device to shave.
- The average shave trims away between 20000 to 25000 hairs from a man’s face.
- Nearly 70% of American women prefer a clean-shaven man.
- Shave gels weren’t even thought of until the 1970’s.
- Shaving cream was only made for men until the industry specifically targeted women in 1986 by manufacturing the whipped magic specifically for women!
- Shaving cream didn’t always come in aerosol cans, the method wasn’t even introduced until 1950.
- When a man wet shaves, it’s as good as using an exfoliating product because the process removes dead skin cells promoting healthier skin.
- The Pharaohs of Egypt probably liked a good shave every now and then, of course using nothing less than the best made from gold and silver. Archeologists have found razor relics that date back as far as the fourth century.
- Archeologists believe that caveman used clams and shark teeth to shave with, 20000 years ago, in the Stone Age!
- Some archeologists believe that many warriors shaved their heads before battles so opponents didn’t have any hair to pull… maybe they were discouraging the practice of scalping?
