Update: Is Your Beard a Poop Magnet, Maybe Not

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Grossed out by recent reports that your beard is a poop magnet? Well, don't get out that razor just yet.

According to Nick Evershed of the Guardian, the "study" that revealed beards contain just as much fecal bacteria as a toilet is a bit misleading.

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"As far as I can tell, there was no proper study, no team of microbiologists and no poo in beards," Evershed writes. "The origin of the story appears to be this segment from a TV news network in New Mexico, which involved a reporter swabbing a 'handful' of men’s beards and then sending the swabs to a microbiologist in a lab to culture any microbes present.

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So, what's the verdict? Snopes.com calls claims of feces-filled facial hair "an alarmist exaggeration."

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