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THE MORNING ACCORDING TO US

By Paul Kix and Brian Hill

Friday, September 5, 2008

Every now and then something happens that puts it all in perspective. Be it a death, a birth or a bold comeback from a boy band you thought would never get over their internal strife and sexual confusion. Today is one one of those days. In 1698—on this day—Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards. Beards! Imagine the descendents of Merlin Olsen and Dan Fouts handing over the last of their hard-earned rupels. Makes you shudder, no? Do that and check the map up top for good s ...

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