Please note that this Thursday Thirteen blog post is intended for adults. I hope that you’ll enjoy this collection of 13 sex facts. How many of these sex facts did you know?
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.
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31 responses so far ↓
Wacky Mommy
// Mar 28, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Wowza!
Angelo
// Mar 28, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Those are great to know
The cornflakes one is hilarious!
Toni
// Mar 28, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Wow! Learn some new stuff! Didn’t realize this T13 thing is educational as well!:smile:
Mom of 3
// Mar 28, 2007 at 11:25 pm
You taught me a few things! The only thing I knew was about the endorphins. My favorite is the cornflakes too!
Wylie Kinson
// Mar 28, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Very interesting, Rose. Your posts are always so well thought out and informative! Bet you had fun with this one!
I’m off to cure my hubby’s stuffed up nose
L-Squared
// Mar 28, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Wow, good to know!
Thanks for visiting my list.
Cheryl
// Mar 28, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Hmmmm. I wonder what’s better for curing depression? Sex or chocolate?!
beth
// Mar 28, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Now this is a seriously informative post. I’m thinking I’m going to print it out and give it to hubby
Dwayne
// Mar 29, 2007 at 12:45 am
My wife left about 9 months ago and I have had a stuffy nose ever since. Now I know why. LOL . Very entertaining post Rose
Crystal
// Mar 29, 2007 at 1:26 am
Interesting!
Though, I know for a fact that it won’t do a thing for a migraine.
Rose DesRochers
// Mar 29, 2007 at 1:33 am
Crystal, I have to disagree with you there and I speak from personal experience. According to research too, sex may alleviate the pain of migraine in some patients. In fact the study found migraine sufferers report higher levels of sexual desire than people with other types of headaches. There you have it. Sex may actually provide some relief for migraine sufferers.
Terra
// Mar 29, 2007 at 1:41 am
WOW, that tells alot… But we must all be a little different, sex has NEVER cured one of my headaches, and in fact has given me a couple…
Ju
// Mar 29, 2007 at 3:23 am
Love your blog, Rose. Interesting bits of info esp the last bit. All very educational too.
Sex or chocolate? One burns and the other adds, I’d choose the former.
Katia
// Mar 29, 2007 at 4:24 am
This is great! Really love #13!!! Happy TT!
Di
// Mar 29, 2007 at 5:02 am
My condolences to the other 83%…they don’t know what they are missing!
carmen
// Mar 29, 2007 at 6:14 am
Now that’s an informative list!
Peri
// Mar 29, 2007 at 7:12 am
‘…meant to be reused.’?!
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.
I wonder why Mr Kellogg wanted to reduce his sex drive? And if it works, then there’s nothing ’special’ at all about Special K.:grin:
Mama Duck
// Mar 29, 2007 at 7:34 am
How interesting!! I wonder what they made a condom out of clear back then though?? Happy TT & thanks for the visit!
Debi
// Mar 29, 2007 at 8:03 am
I knew that about sex helping with a cold. Interesting about the headache
Peg
// Mar 29, 2007 at 8:17 am
Cornflakes…who knew?!?
Viola Jaynes
// Mar 29, 2007 at 8:26 am
Rose, I laughed out loud when I saw your subject this morning because I was laying in bed last night thinking that I would like to do a post on “sex.” I don’t know exaclty how I’m going to do that since my blog is sort of specialized…in a way. But sexuality is certainly a huge part in being a whole, thriving human being. I’ll give it some more thought.
I like your thoughts and info here. Great job! I like your blog because you do bring so many different things to the table. It’s great checking in at least once a day!
Ash
// Mar 29, 2007 at 8:38 am
AWESOME LIST! Brave woman, putting sex on the blog(though it’s always in my head.
Squeetastic TT!
Twisted Cinderella
// Mar 29, 2007 at 9:25 am
Great informative, funny TT! I have in the past used sex to get rid of headaches. It works pretty well sometimes. Now I need to go ask Prince Charming how it is possible for him to fake an orgasm.
Trina
// Mar 29, 2007 at 9:34 am
Absolutley Love the post! You’re definantly right, it does clear your sinuses!
Happy TT!
YellowRose
// Mar 29, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Thanks for the sex ed!!
So next time I have a migraine I need to jump my hubby!! hee hee
Happy TT!
Marcia
// Mar 29, 2007 at 3:17 pm
I knew the headache, but not the antihistamine. . . Another tool in the arsenal of detectives, I feel a story forming. Yeah, ya’ll can write one, too!
Another great list, Rose.
Denise Patrick
// Mar 29, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Interesting list. I’ve never used the “I have a headache” excuse - even when I did, but I don’t remember if it got rid of it or not.
Joan
// Mar 29, 2007 at 9:37 pm
I don’t know about the antihistamine thing. Where did you gather all this info? It made for very interesting reading. My TT is also posted.
Steve Reichard
// Mar 30, 2007 at 12:23 am
Great list:) and it looks like sex is definetely something that can cure many things:)
Selena Kitt
// Mar 30, 2007 at 12:15 pm
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.>>>>
Ok. Ew. It’s like reusing kleenex *shudder*
David
// Mar 30, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Now that is a very interesting post….
now to find a woman..
D
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