• In Frackville, Pennsylvania, a woman filed for divorce because her husband insisted on “shooting tin cans off of her head with a
  slingshot.
• A female orgasm is a powerful painkiller (because of the release of endorphins), so headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex.
• Over 11,000 people are injured every year trying out new sexual positions.
• People who have never been married are seven and a half times to be admitted to a psychiatric facility than married.
• The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
• In Elizabethan slang, the term “to die” meant to have an orgasm.
• This double entendre was often used by John Donne, and by Shakespeare in King Lear.
• In a survey conducted by a women’s magazine, 70 percent of female respondents said they would rather have chocolate than sex, according to the Chocolate Manufacturers Association.
• Percentage of runners who say they think about sex while running: 66%. Percentage who say then think about running while having sex: 8%.
• The phrase “honeymoon” came from the Greeks. It was customary for the bride’s family to supply the groom with a month (or full moon cycle) of the wedding wine, which tasted like honey.
• According to the Hite Report, candles are the artificial device used most frequently by women when masturbating. source
• As late as 1940, a candidate for the U.S. Naval Academy was rejected if it was discovered that he masturbated.
• “Hockey” is archaic slang for “semen.”
• Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
• Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 states in the US. source
• In Kentucky, 50 percent of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.
• In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary formally married her 50-pound pet rock.
• In ancient Greece, courtesans wore sandals with nails studded into the sole so that their footprints would leave the message “Follow me”.
• The orchid is named after the male genitalia. Its botanical family name, Orchidaceae, means “testicles” in Greek and may derive from an
  early notion that the orchid possessed aphrodisiac qualities.
• In 2000 BC, Egyptians used crocodile and elephant dung as a contraceptive.
• Thirty-one percent of men and 43 percent of women regularly suffer from some form of sexual dysfunction, warranting recognition as a
  significant public health concern, according to a new comprehensive U.S. sex study.
• Couples who marry in January, February, and March tend to have the highest divorce rates.
• The average speed of ejaculation is 28 miles per hour.
• Some odors that increase blood flow to the penis: lavender, licorice, chocolate, doughnuts, pumpkin pie.
• During a kiss as many as 278 bacteria colonies are exchanged.
• The world’s greatest lover was arguably King Mongkut of Siam. He had 9,000 women in his harem.
• It was considered elegant for aristocratic ladies of the sixteenth century to let their pubic hair grow as long as possible so it could be comaded and adorned with bows and ribbon.
• 85% of the men who die while having sex, die with someone other than their spouse.
• In Asian countries, the velvet covering on a deer’s antlers is considered to be an aphrodisiac.
• Harvard researchers have concluded after careful scientific studies that Coca-Cola is not an effective spermicide.
• 70% of marriages in Oregon end in divorce.
• In a 1997 survey by Durex condoms, the French were found to be the best lovers, then Italians, Americans, South Africans, Brits,
  Australians, and Canadians. Hong Kong came in last.
• At one time in India, a fiancee was required to deflower his future bride if she died before the wedding. The girl could not be cremated until this ritual was carried out in front of the village priest.
• It was proposed in the Rhode Island legislature in the 1970s that there be a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse.
• By the age of 24, one in three sexually active people will have contracted a sexually transmitted infection. At least one in four Americans, perhaps as many as one in two, will contract a sexually trasmitted infection at some point in their lifetime.
• On the average, approximately 230 marriage licenses are issued per day in Las Vegas.
• For ancient Greeks and Romans, the wedding bouquet was a pungent mix of garlic and herbs or grains. The garlic was supposed to ward off
  evil spirits and the herbs or grains were to insure a fruitful union.
• Every year on March 15 Japan throws a giant festival to celebrate the penis and fertility. A 900-pound wooden phallus is paraded around
  the streets of the town Komaki, and women carry massive dildos in their arms. Thousands of people come to pay homage to the penis and
• take part in the festivities.
• In Puritan times, to be born on a Sunday was interpreted as a sign of great sin. Puritans believed that children born on the Sabbath Day
  were conceived on this sacred day, and sexual intercourse on Sundays was a sacrilege.
• Guitar fan Chris Black of London actually had a wedding ceremony to officially marry his Fender Stratocaster in 1995.
• Alan Hirsch of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago found that the candied licorice smell produced by “Good and Plenty” candy, the odor of cucumber, and the aura of baby powder increased blood flow to the vagina 13 percent above the average blood flow.
• A Florida phone sex operator won a workers’ compensation settlement claiming she was injured after regularly masturbating at work, her lawyer said.
• The Huichol Indians have an interesting tradition. When a woman is giving birth, her husband sits above her with a rope wrapped around
  his testicles. When the woman feels pain she tugs on the rope so that he too can experience the pain of childbirth.
• An average of 300,000 Valentines are remailed annually from Loveland, Colorado. These Valentines come form 140 different
  countries and all 50 states.
• Thought you’d live with your partner for a while, before you decide to get married? Well, in Virginia, unmarried cohabitation is
  illegal!
• A survey by Novartis, the pet medicine company, shows that 11 percent of cat owners have ended a personal or romantic relationship
• because a person didn’t like their cat.
• 85% of all valentines are purchased by women. (Well this just seems obvious to me, but I thought it was still interesting enough to
  include here.)
• Men purchase about 90% of the roses bought for Valentine’s Day.
• In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. Thus the origin of the phrase “to wear your heart on your sleeve.”
• According to Directroses.com , 18% of women, and 30% of men, buy Valentine gifts either the day before, or on Valentine’s Day.
• Once the Chicago post office rejected 25,000 valentines claiming they were vulgar and unfit to go through the mail.
• In order of popularity, Valentine’s Day cards are given to: teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts, Koko the gorilla.
• There are eight cities in the United States with “Love” in their names: Loveland, Colo., Lovejoy, Ga.; Loves Park, Ill.; Lovelock,
• Nev.; Love Valley, N.C.; Loveland, Ohio; Loveland, Okla.; and Lovelady, Texas.
• In the U.S. boyfriends and husbands struggle over the treats to purchase for their loved ones for Valentine’s Day. In Japan, things are different. In Japan, the women are the only ones to purchase chocolates for St. Valentine’s Day, giving them to the men.
• Valentine’s Day Birthdays, February 14: 1894 Jack Benny, 1913 MelAllen, 1913 Jimmy Hoffa, 1921 Hugh Downs, 1932 Vic Morrow, 1934
• Florence Henderson, 1946 Gregory Hines, 1944 Carl Bernstein, 1960 Meg Tilly, 1972 Drew Bledsoe
• In 1970, brides were on average 20.8 years old when they married, while grooms were 23.2. Americans are now marrying later in life. In
• the year 2000, brides were on average 25.1 with their grooms averaging 26.8. USA Today
• According to 2000 Census data, Maine has a higher percentage of unmarried partners living together.
• “I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.” – Tom Clancy
• “You know “that look” women get when they want sex? Me neither.” – Steve Martin
• “Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.” –Woody Allen
• “Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.” – Rodney Dangerfield
• “There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz
• 80SL.” – Lynn Lavner
• “Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.” – Matt Barry
• “Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.” – Camille Paglia
• “Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. The other eight are unimportant.” – George Burns
• “Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships.” – Sharon Stone
• “My girlfriend always laughs during sex—no matter what she’s reading.” – Steve Jobs (Founder, Apple Computers)
• “My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.” – Jack Nicholson
• “Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.” –Barbara Bush
• Former US First Lady — and you didn’t think Barbara had a sense of humor)
• “Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.” –Robin Williams
• “Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.” –Roseanne
• “Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.” –Billy Crystal
• “According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful.” –Robert De Niro
• “There’s a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what’s the problem?” –Dustin Hoffman
• “There’s very little advice in men’s magazines, because men think, I know what I’m doing. Just show me somebody naked.” –Jerry Seinfeld
• “Instead of getting m married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and just give her a house.” –Rod Stewart
• “See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.” –Robin Williams