Saturday, June 12, 2010

You Know That...

? In the 1600s Christians who lived in Turkey had to pay a tax. Tax collectors often required people to show their circumcision in order to determine who was taxable.

? John Harvey Kellogg invented corn flakes in 1898 as part of his diet for decreasing sexual desire and masturbation.

? The first electrical dildo was sold in 1911.

? The term homosexuality is derived not from the Latin homo, "man," but from the Greek homos, meaning "the same".

? During the 1920s many homosexuals were given electric shock therapy to heal what was then considered a disease. It wasn't until 1973 that homosexuality was officially removed from the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental disorders.

? Alfred Wolfram set the world kissing record in 1990 by kissing 8,001 women in 8 hours, that's one kiss every six seconds!

? Wilt (the Stilt) Chamberlain is credited with the most famous and well-used penis in sports history. He boasted of having sex with over 20,000 women.

? Some male members of Australian tribes still shake each other's penis as a ritual greeting.

? More than 8,000 adult videos are produced every year. That's almost 22 per day!

? In 1999 over $4 billion was spent on phone sex, but more than 50 percent of callers didn't pay their 900 number bill