It's always good to learn something new about sex! Here are some exciting facts to bring to your attention.
Studies have shown that sex relieves headaches just as well as painkillers.
During orgasm, oxytocin levels, the hormone of love and joy, increase fourfold.
Sex strengthens the immune system. Studies carried out by Wilkes University in the USA proved that people who have sex twice a week get sick with the flu up to 30% less often.
Sex is a drug. Endorphins, which are produced during lovemaking, affect the same areas of the brain as, for example, heroin.
The average sperm ejection rate during ejaculation is 45 km/h. And in a lifetime, men produce about 15 liters of sperm.
A number of sperm sufficient to repopulate the Earth with humans can fit in one capsule of aspirin.
There are about 4,000 nerve endings in the head of the penis.
Research by Dutch scientists has shown that people whose feet are warm are more likely to reach orgasm. So you don't have to take your socks off before sex.
Phenylethylamine, the euphoric chemical found in chocolate, is the same chemical produced in the human brain when one falls in love.
More than 500 muscles are activated during lovemaking.
On average, a man loses his virginity at 16.9 and a woman at 17.4. This can be influenced by genetic predisposition: more impulsive people usually start their sexual life earlier.
Only humans, pygmy chimpanzees, and dolphins have sex for pleasure.
During sex, the part of the brain responsible for fear and anxiety is turned off.
30 minutes of sex burn 200 calories.
3% of people on earth do not have sexual fantasies.
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