Sex Facts
Did you know?
Sex is an instant cure for mild depression. It releases endorphins into the bloodstream, producing a sense of euphoria and leaving you with a feeling of well-being
A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.
The earliest known illustration of a man using a condom during sexual intercourse is painted on the wall of a cave in France. It is dated between 12,000 and 15,000 years old.
The first condoms in the US were made from vulcanized rubber in the 1870s. They were expensive and annoyingly thick and meant to be reused.
In Texas it is illegal to sell a vibrator as anything other than a ‘novelty’.
Only 17% of women are likely to have an orgasm during sex (Durex Global Sex Survey).
According to a survey of sex shop owners, cherry is the most popular flavor of edible underwear.
A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen, containing half a trillion sperm, in his lifetime.
48% of 9,100 men polled on an online dating site say they too have faked an orgasm.
In ancient Greece and Rome dildos were carved out of everything they could get their hands on from wood, glass, leather, gold, silver and even animal horns.
The left testicle usually hangs lower than the right for right-handed men. The opposite is true for lefties.
A female orgasm is a powerful painkiller (because of the release of endorphins), so headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex.
John Harvey Kellogg invented corn flakes as a meatless breakfast food, designed to reduce the sexual drive.
