Movember is more than just growing out the ol’ stach.
It’s about awareness, research, and wellness.
The Facts
On November 1st, you have to be clean shaven.
t’s just the mustache that counts. You’ll have to wait for “Decembeard” for the rest.
Women are welcome to participate of course.
The Beatles all rocked mustaches on the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They also included cardboard mustaches in the album for fans.
On average a mustache has about 600 individual hairs.
The charitable movement that is Movember started in Australia.
Facial hair provides 90-95% protection against skin cancer causing UV rays.
The Department of Dermatology at the University of Lübeck has done scientific research proving that coffee helps to grow mustache hair.
See that guy with the mustache, on average he touches it 31 times an hour.
10. Please watch this PSA from Nick Offerman, the king of mustaches.
11. Among the kings in a standard card deck, only the King of Hearts is without a mustache.
12. Along with prostate and testicular cancer research and awareness, Movember has now began focusing on men’s mental health and suicide prevention.
13. The Movember Foundation is a real deal 501(c)(3) Charity.
14. Players in Football Manager 2015 video game grow moustaches during November.
15. Check out the US Movember website to see how to get involved!
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