Here are some of the fun and interesting facts we've compiled pertaining to the penis.
- According to the Definitive Penis Size Survey, conducted by www.sizesurvey.com, the average length of the
erect human penis is 6.4"; the average girth is 5.0" around.
The survey, compiled from data submitted by 2,545 men of all ages, races, and physical descriptions, also
found results for many popular coefficients, such as hand size, race, shoe size, etc., and the results are
presented in a variety of charts and graphs. Do any of these popular methods work for determining a man's
dick size without even seeing it, or are they just myths? Find out at www.sizesurvey.com
- Cirp.org presents the following interesting tidbits about foreskin: "The inner foreskin layer is not just "skin," but mucocutaneous tissue of a unique type found nowhere else on the body."
- Cirp.org also offers this bit of foreskin trivia:
The Foreskin Has Twelve Known Functions:
- To cover and bond with the synechia so as to permit the development of the mucosal surface of the glans and inner foreskin. (or, in plain English, to protect the head of the penis and the inner foreskin and keep them moist)
- To protect the infant's glans from feces and ammonia in diapers.
- To protect the glans penis from friction and abrasion thoughout life.
- To keep the glans moisturized and soft with emollient oils.
- To lubricate the glans.
- To coat the glans with a waxy protective substance.
- To provide sufficient skin to cover an erection by unfolding.
- To provide an aid to masturbation and foreplay.
- To serve as an aid to penetration.
- To reduce friction and chafing during intercourse.
- To serve as erogenous tissue because of its rich supply of erogenous receptors.
- To contact and stimulate the G-spot of the female partner.
The above list was compiled from various sources by George Hill.
* "Glans" and "glans penis" are anatomical names for the head of your cock
- Smegma, that funky substance that collects inside a foreskin, and is often called "dick-cheese" actually gets its name from a Greek word for "soap".
- There are at least 17 named parts to the penis. Alphabetically, they are: Bulla, Corona, Corpus Cavernosum, Corpus Spongiosum, Dartos Muscle, the Dorsal Arteries, the Dorsal Veins, Frenulum, Glans, Meatus, Mucosa, Praeputial Sphincter, Prepuce (aka foreskin), Raphe, Ridged Band, Sulcus, Tunica Albuginia, and Urethra.
- More than half of the length of your penis is located inside your body where you can't use it.
- Kinsey reports that approximately 75% of men ejaculate within 3 minutes of penetration.
- An American urologist purchased Napoleon's penis (which has been described as "unusually tiny", and which was also amputated from his dead body way back in the day) for the sum of $40,000.
- Gangster John Dillinger's legendary penis is NOT housed in formaldehyde at the Smithsonian. Nobody apparently knows where the reportedly huge member ended up. It's probably underground with the rest of his bullet-riddled body.
- The Russian Museum of Erotica, in St. Petersburg, is proud to have among its unique collection the famed giant penis of Rasputin, former lover to the Czar Nicholas II's wife Alexandria. According to museum head Igor Kniazkin (who paid the equivalent of only $8,000 for the prize peepee), "Having this exhibit, we can stop envying America, where Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis is now kept. … Napoleon’s penis is but a small 'pod' it cannot stand comparison to our organ of 30 centimeters…".
OK, so the cold war isn't quite over yet! Oh, and for the metrically-challenged, 30 cm comes out to about 11.81 inches. Click here to see Rasputin & his pickled pecker.
- On the subject of museums, Reykjavik, Iceland, is home to the world's only Phallological Museum ~ an exhibition house of various penises and phallic-oriented objects. They even have a gift shop with hand-made items catering to the animal-penis enthusiast.
- It is reported that both Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler were missing a testicle.
- Your testicles increase in size by 50% when you get aroused.
- Conversely, your dick tends to shrivel up when you get non-sexually excited (as in, when your favorite sports team scores a win).
- If you are right handed, your left nut probably hangs lower. If you are left handed, your right nut is the dangler.
- A dragonfly's penis is shaped like a shovel, which permits it to scoop out a male rival's semen. Hmmmm.
- The rhinoceros has a penis that averages 2 feet long. The blue whale has him beat by another fourteen feet. And, it is said that whales produce approximately 5 gallons of whale-jizz per ejaculation.
- The Dire Wolf, whose remains have been excavated from the LaBrea Tar Pits in record numbers, actually had a bone in its penis. Penis bones are also common to carnivores.
- The highest recorded number of orgasms achieved by a man in an hour is 16. The study was done at the Center for Marital and Sexual Studies in Long Beach, CA.
- The term ithyphallophobia refers to an unnatural fear of seeing, thinking about, or getting an erect penis. Seriously.
- Medomalacuphobia is the name given to the fear of losing an erection.
- Sacofricosis is the practice of cutting a hole in your front pants pocket in order to masturbate in public in hopes you won't get caught.
- The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish word, "aguacate", which is derived from the Aztec word, "ahuacati" which means "testicle".
- The sperm count of the average American male is down 30% since 1970. Damn!
- Your penis is designed to release three separate liquids. Two are clear, and two (but not the same two) contain sperm cells. What are they? The two clear ones are piss and precum. And the two spermy ones are precum and jizz.
- The "Prince Albert" piercing, commonly called a "PA" was originally designed during Victorian times as a means of fastening the penis to the leg so it wouldn't flop around embarrassingly in the tighter pants of the day.
- In ancient Greece and Rome, dildoes were fashioned out of animal horns, ivory, gold, silver, and glass.
- The average man will ejaculate approximately 18 quarts of semen, containing half a trillion sperm, in his lifetime.
- Kinsey also reports that the longest erect penis on record is 13". The smallest (again, according to Kinsey) is 1.75"
- Most men get erections every sixty to ninety minutes while they sleep.
- 75% of men prefer to hang their penis to the left in their pants. 17% hang it to the right. The remaining 8% don't care where they hang it.
- It is claimed that US President Lyndon B. Johnson not only named his penis "Jumbo"; he also liked showing it off.
- A pig's penis is curly. Its tail is straight. All those cartoons have it wrong, or they intentionally show Porky's peepee.
- There are over 1,400 synonyms for the word "penis" in English jargon
For more information on the foreskin and its unique construction, visit The Ridged Band, a site devoted exclusively to understanding the foreskin, and the intact penis as a whole.
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