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Written by Tara Tainton
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Monday, 25 April 2005 00:00 |
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It's often our favorite topic, but we know the myths better than the facts. So for our entertainment and education, here are a few of the facts you can stump your friends with the next time you're bored at the office or looking over a glass of beer, thanks to Hidden Self: Unlock the Sensuality behind Sexuality.
- Experts
estimate that a real orgasm burns 112 calories.
A faked orgasm burns 315 calories.
- The word
pornography' comes from the Greek meaning the
“writings of prostitutes”.
- The same
chemical responsible for the ecstatic highs of
love and sexual attraction, phenylethylamine, is
also found in chocolate.
- Everyday,
200 million couples around the world have sex,
which is about over 2000 couples at any given
moment.
- It takes a
sperm one hour to swim seven inches.
- The
initial spurt of ejaculate travels at 28 miles
per hour. By way of comparison, the world record
for the 100 yard dash is 27.1 miles per hour.
- Honking of
car horns for a couple that just got married is
an old superstition to insure great sex.
- In Ancient
Greece, women would expose their vaginas to ward
off storms at sea.
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