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Tango0101 Nov 2015 10:40 p.m. PST

… The Civil War?

"Civil War generals are as known for their beards as they are for their tactical ineptitude. While reenactors devote great attention to recreating this facial fur, the beardiness of generals is an understudied field. Fortunately for us all, Proceedings of the Natural Institute of Science (PNIS), a part-serious, part-satirical journal, yesterday published the first half of a study on the beards of the Civil War. We now, at last, have an answer to the question probably no one was asking: which battle had the most total facial hair combined between commanders?…"
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FlyXwire03 Nov 2015 11:15 a.m. PST

Armand, I just saw this today, but it's hit the boards a few days ago here:

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Hairy stuff indeed!

Tango0103 Nov 2015 10:49 p.m. PST

(smile)

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