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Microbiologists once said beards are filled with poop particles, but doctors say don't panic

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Let's take a trip back in time to about 10 years ago. The year was 2015, and a bombshell report dropped from Albuquerque's Action7, a local affiliate of ABC, revealing that men's beards contained particles of fecal matter. The curious journalist found men who didn't mind getting their beards swabbed for scientific purposes, and went to work. After taking samples, they were analyzed by John Golobic, a microbiologist at Quest Diagnostics. He found…

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Upworthy broke the news in on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
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