Friday fact

The oldest surviving barber shop in the world is Truefitt and Hill in London, established in 1805. It now operates in 8 countries, Azerbaijan, South Korea, Canada, India, Thailand, USA, Singapore and Malaysia, offering professional haircuts and other grooming...

Friday fact

According to the Oxford Dictionary, “lotium” was a word for “stale urine used by barbers”. They used it as a kind of shampoo.

Friday fact

The word barber comes from the Latin word “barba”, meaning beard. In early ages, beards signified wisdom, strength, and manhood.

Friday fact

The word barber comes from the Latin word “barba”, meaning beard. In early ages, beards signified wisdom, strength, and manhood.

Friday fact 

The cobra is deaf to the snake charmer’s pipe, but follows the visual cue of the moving pipe and it can sense the ground vibrations from the snake charmer’s tapping. Sometimes, for the sake of safety, all the venom in cobra’s teeth is removed.