40 Weird Facts about Sex

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Nearly two thirds of all men and women have fantasised about other people while having sex with their current partner. Typically, the object of these fantasies is someone they would never be able to have intercourse with in real life, like a celebrity or the queen.

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Women are more willing to commit adultery when ovulating than at any other time throughout their cycle. This is because of hormones; their bodies have a subconscious desire to fertilise the ovulated egg.

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Ancient Egyptian women used crocodile dung as contraception. The reptilian faeces is slightly alkaline, so would have served as a crude spermicide. The dung probably would’ve prevented most sexual partners from wanting sex in the first place, so it’s doubly effective.

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The American Psychiatric Association listed homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973.

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Sex causes your body to release antidiuretic hormones that prevent you from peeing. However, holding it for too long can cause bladder infections.

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Orgasms have many positive health benefits! For example, they can lower a woman’s risk of heart disease, stroke, breast cancer and even depression. So have sex and get happy!

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Forget any of that wussy cuddling shit! According to a recent website poll, thirty-six percent of people under the age of thirty-five check social media accounts immediately after playing naked roly-poly on the bed.

If you think this is a disturbing figure, remember that women can multitask! According to another survey, at least twelve percent of women admitted to using their cellphones during sex.

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Semen can cure depression. Apparently semen contains chemicals that elevate mood and induce sleep. It also contains cortisol, which increases feelings of affection in the brain.

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The vibrator was originally invented in the 19th century to reduce ‘hysteria’. See that hysterical woman over there who just lost her baby during childbirth? Give her the gift of vibrating plastic. That’ll sort her out.

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Penises used to have spines. Fortunately, spiny penises were phased out when Neanderthals and modern humans diverged. Scientists still don’t really what the purpose of the spines was.

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