While people in medieval times weren’t quite as filthy as we tend to think, they certainly weren’t clean by today’s standards. Here’s what keeping clean looked like back in the olden days. Bathing: The Devil’s Work Prior to the Middles Ages, bathing was a pretty popular pastime....
If someone is told to take a cold shower in a TV show or movie, 99 percent of the time it’s because that someone is too horny and needs to (literally) chill out. Whether that’s actually true hasn’t been confirmed — turns out most scientists have better...
Here’s an unfortunate beard fact: Facial hair wicks away moisture, allowing it to evaporate before being absorbed into the skin. The end result is a dry, flaky (and super itchy) face. Worse yet, facial hair also catches oil and dirt near the hair follicles, which clog pores...
Quick: What’s the best way to trim your body hair without having to clear up a wild scattering of stray pubic tufts? Are you Team Over-the-Toilet? Team Sitting-on-the-Toilet? Team On-the-Bath-Mat? Team In-the-Shower? Team Write-Lengthy-Facebook-Posts-About-“Why-Real-Men-Don’t-Manscape?” For such a silly topic, people sure have a lot of strong opinions...
One day, things will hopefully go back to something like normal, and we can all date again safely. In the meantime, you can practice getting date-ready the way the experts recommend. Brushing Your Teeth (and Your Tongue) Few things can end a date as quickly as bad...
Call an ambulance if you catch me wearing anything other than House Pants at home, because that means something has gone terribly wrong. My House Pants — a pair of hand-cropped gray joggers — have become a vital part of my being, and I wear them, without...
It’s a crazy world, and a lot of crazy people are living it. Statistically speaking, there must be someone out there who gets sad when they walk away from a shave without cuts, razor burns and red bumps. But obviously, the vast majority of people would prefer...
If we’re to believe the digitally enhanced men of today’s silver screen, male body hair is in decline. Just compare male movie star chest hair from the 1960s to the what we see today. Doesn’t it seem like men — and specifically millennial men — are getting...
Belly buttons can be filled with any number of things: Dirt, sweat, lint and maybe even some jewelry if that’s what you’re into. But a 2012 study, appropriately titled, A Jungle in There: Bacteria in Belly Buttons are Highly Diverse, but Predictable, found that our tummy holes...
For over a decade, No-Shave November has inspired men to raise cancer awareness by embracing their inner lumberjack and letting their facial hair grow free. If you’re planning on joining the cause and putting down your razor for the month, then you need to be prepared —...
We’re all pretty set in our own oral care routines. Some of us brush our teeth before breakfast; others would argue that brushing after is the way to go. In the scramble to just get ourselves together and out the front door, most of us don’t think...
To bald or not to bald? It’s become a very complicated question. We hear “bald is beautiful,” yet men spend one billion dollars annually to combat it. Similarly, bald men are told that their shining dome causes them to be perceived as “dominant,” yet hair loss can...
