Pub trivia: Sex
Sex
Ok, lets not get all smutty and giggle like school children at the mere mention of sex. It's a wonderful and natural act between two individuals. It is also a billion dollar industry and thought about every six seconds. Here are some facts to back-up that statistic.
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Each day, it's estimated there are over 120 million acts of sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.
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Turkeys can reproduce without having sex in a process called parthenogenesis. Not surprising really; have you seen a turkey? Doubt they get much action.
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In ancient Greece an adulterous husband was sometimes punished by the removal of his pubic hair and the insertion of a large radish into his rectum.
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Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. Not together, you understand.
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There are reports of men in Guam - an island in the Western Pacific Ocean - whose job is to travel the region and deflower young virgins. Not only that but these girls pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time.
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Donald Duck was once banned in Finland because he doesn't wear trousers and it was considered too risqué.
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Of course the home of sex is the Internet. But did you know that for every 'normal' web page, there are five pages dedicated to porn? Well there are.
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A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
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