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    Why didn't Alexander the Great let his soldiers grow beards?

    Question #58421. Asked by princess9. (Jul 19 05 5:21 PM)


    peasypod

    		Perhaps so they wouldn't get pulled whilst fighting their battles....Now Peter The Great, he had a better idea...

    Jul 19 05, 5:35 PM
    princess9

    		Pray, do tell!

    Jul 19 05, 5:42 PM
    peasypod

    		He devised a Beard Tax...

    Jul 19 05, 5:44 PM
    H0T-Lead

    		Beards gave enemy soldiers something to grab onto when in a fight.

    http://www.maximonline.com/grit/articles/article_6081.html

    Jul 20 05, 8:55 AM

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