South Carolina Man Sets Record For World’s Longest Mustache
Guinness Book of World Records representative Jack Brockba on September 1, 2017 in Duisburg, Germany. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
Paul Slosar has been growing his mustache for thirty years. Now he has the mustache. According to Guinness World Records, the Summerville, South Carolina man officially holds the title for the longest mustache on a living person. As opposed to a non-living person? Is that actually a category?
Slosar’s two-foot, one-inch English-style mustache was verified at the 2022 National Beard and Mustache Championships in Casper, Wyoming. Why did Paul grow his mustache so long in the first place? Believe it or not, it was because of his wife. Once when Paul trimmed his ‘stache, his wife complained that it was “like kissing a wire brush.” From that day on, Slosar let his whiskers grown long. Really long.
Paul says he didn’t enter facial hair competitions until someone he met at a motorcycle show in Tacoma, Washington invited him to do it. He won ‘Best Mustache’ and ‘Best of Show’ on his very first try. Slosar has been entering the World Beard and Mustache Championships since 2017.
So what’s Paul Slosar’s secret for growing a ‘stache worthy of a Guinness World Record? Coincidentally, Guinness Stout. Slosar believes booze has helped his mustache grow, but he has since switched from Guinness to Jack Daniel’s Whiskey.
Best Places To Live In The US? South Carolina City Among The Best
We all know that living in South Carolina is wonderful. The Palmetto State has something for everything and we often talk about how incredible the city of Charleston is. But that’s not all the state has to offer. Scholaroo created a detailed guide on the best US cities to live. The report compared 150 cities across 47 metrics distributed in 9 key relevant categories: Crime & Safety, Affordability, Economy, Quality of life, Leisure and entertainment, Healthcare, Education, Employment, and Infrastructure. And in the best 150 cities to live there were four South Carolina cities. Of course, Charleston was the highest-ranked South Carolina city, but another trendy SC spot wasn’t far behind them on the list. Both of these cities were ranked in the top 20.
Additionally moving a little North, North Carolina also had four cities make this list. If I had to pick four cities to be included from SC, these would be those four. But if I were to do the same for NC, the cities included are not what I would expect. Only one of Charlotte and Raleigh was included.
Read Scholaroo’s full rankings and analysis here and keep reading to see the South Carolina cities named the best places to live, as well as the NC cities, and the top 10 nationwide.
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