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Amazing Facts About Sex

Amazing Facts About Sex
 

Sexuality is always an amazing realm for human beings. Sex is in fact the expedition to unveil the hidden treasures of pleasure. And no one can even claim to have known sexuality from tip to toe. No one can master the art of sexuality in a life time as it is so vast, so deep and seamless like the cosmos. Each person differ from others when it comes to the density of sexual experience. It would be interesting to know some of the amazing facts about the sexual act.

  • Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
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  • There take place 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day, approximately.
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  • Males, on average, think about sex every 7 seconds.
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  • The sperm count of an average American male compared to thirty years ago is down thirty percent.
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  • An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length and is one inch in diameter.
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  • During the sexual act men sweat more than women as women are able to regulate the amount of water they loose.
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  • Skin the most sensitive organ in human body weighs six pounds in an average adult.
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  • It is not the adults but infants dream more time.
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  • The condom made originally of linen was invented in the early 1500's. Casanova, the womanizer, used linen condoms.
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  • During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.
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  • Sexual act is costly as it burn about 70-120 calories for a 130 pound woman, and 77 to 155 calories for a 170 pound man every hour.
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  • Kissing can aid in reducing tooth decay. This is because the extra saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean. A kiss for one minute can burn 26 calories.
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  • In a life time. The average amount spent for kissing is 20,160 minutes that is 336 hours which makes 14 days.
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  • Impotence is grounds for divorce in 26 U.S. States.
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  • Intercourse is an effective pain killer for women as during the sexual act endorphines are released which is a powerful pain killer.
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  • According to psychologists, the shoe and the foot are the most common sources of sexual fetishism in Western society.
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  • A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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  • A man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen, containing half a trillion sperm, in his lifetime.
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  • On average, a single healthy ejaculation consists of 5 milliliters (1 teaspoon) of semen, and contains 300,000,000 to 500,000,000 sperms.
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    Story first published: Friday, December 14, 2007, 13:05 [IST]

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