Mustache Facts from Six Awesome Facts!
1. The word “mustache” comes from the Latin root mustacium which means “conveniently stored supply of extra food.”
2. The mustaches of Scottish Highlanders are so lush and thick that they can be clipped and used as toupees by balding gingers worldwide.
3. In Victorian England practitioners of frottage were punished by being hanged by their mustache. Then, someone figured out it was easier to do it with a rope.
4. One of the original Baskin Robbins flavors was mustachio. Which was the flavor of pistachio after it had been aged in a mustache for an entire day. It was dropped because children were disturbed by the tiny hairs in it
5. The first sentence Carol Lombard uttered to Clark Gable was, “Can I smell your mustache?” Which caused him to instantly fall in love.
6. Martha Stewart has a treasured pot holder woven entirely from the mustache hair of her beloved maternal grandfather. She has absolutely no burn scars on her hands, which she attributes entirely to the thickness of her “Poppy’s” facial hair.
