Tantalizing Trivia
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Interesting tidbits that will definitely liven up a party or a cozy twosome that you have planned. Dive in and enjoy...
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 | The word 'sex' was coined in 1382. |
| Sex education was first introduced in English schools in 1889. |
| Only humans and dolphins have sex for pleasure. |
| The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant, when viewed under a microscope. |
| The Black Widow Spider eats her mate during or after sex. |
| A single sperm takes one hour to swim seven inches. |
| Phenylethylamine, the chemical responsible for the ecstatic highs of love and sexual attraction, is also found in chocolate. |
| According to a 1995 poll by a popular women's magazine, 70% of women would rather have chocolate than sex. |
| Minks have sexual intercourse that lasts for an average of 8 hours. |
| Chimpanzees hold the record for the quickest sexual intercourse amongst mammals - an average of 3 seconds. |
| Mosquitoes mate in the air and perform a sex act that lasts only 2 seconds. |
| The penguin has only one orgasm in a year. |
| Everyday, 200 million couples around the world have sex, which works out to over 2000 couples at any given moment. |
| Women are most likely to want to have sex when they are ovulating. |
| The first known contraceptive used by the Egyptians in 2000BC was crocodile dung. It was replaced with elephant droppings when they realized that it wouldn't work. |
| The first condom in the US was made in the 1870s from vulcanized rubber. They were expensive and annoyingly thick and were meant to be reused! |
| Today, Japan leads the world in condom use, and women sell it from door to door, just like cosmetics. |
| A quality condom can stretch to over 3 feet and can hold about 12 litres of water or 3 bags of potatoes before bursting. |
