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World Service,1 min

How beards became fashionable

The Why Factor

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Biologist, Professor Barnaby Dixson tells Mike Williams why the current fashion of bearded men may have reached its peak. Photo: 'Beard of the Alps meeting' AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer

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