Amusing Facts - 14

"Mucophagy" is the medical term for "snot-eating," the consumption of the nasal mucus obtained from nose-picking.

There are about 10,000 parts in an average upright piano.

The term "skyscraper" was first used in 1888. It was used to describe an 11-story building.

Couples that marry in January, February or March have the highest divorce rate.

In some parts of Thailand, the organs of dogs are used to make drum tops.

"Genophobia" is the fear of sex.

The U.S. has more laws governing sexual behavior than all the countries in Europe combined.

In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.

The martini was first made in 1862.

The Roman emperor Nero would dress up young boys in his dead wife's clothes and make love to them.

Seventy people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.

Married men in France use more cosmetics than their wives.

Ninety percent of women who walk into a department store immediately turn to the right. No one knows why.

The final words of H.G. Wells were, "Go away. I'm all right."

Israel has more museums per capita than any other country.

Adults average just one nightmare a year.

King Mongut of Siam had 9,000 wives. Before dying of syphilis, he was quoted as saying he only loved the first 700.

America exports 25 times more movies than it imports.

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a Korean word meaning "capital."

Mr. T's real name is Lawrence Tureaud.

An "agalmatophiliac" is someone who has a fetish for statues or mannequins.

The average bra is designed to last for 180 days of use.

"Oculolinctus" is a fetish in which people are sexually aroused by licking a partner's eyeball.

President Lyndon Johnson nicknamed his penis "Jumbo."

The male gypsy moth can "smell" a virgin female gypsy moth almost two miles away.

Black women are 50 percent more likely than white women to have an orgasm during sex.

During an 18-year study at the Center for Marital and Sexual Studies, the most orgasms recorded during a one-hour period were 134 for a female and 16 for a male.

According to a study by Niagara Spray Starch, 46 percent of men and 34 percent of women do their ironing while naked.

In ancient Greece, young aristocratic women were deflowered by having their hymen pierced by a stone penis before marrying.

According to one study, 25 percent of Americans claim they would sleep with their boss.

There has never been a sex change operation performed in Ireland.

Ninety percent of movies released in the United States are porn films.

Studies show that the higher the level of education, the more men tend to have wet dreams.

According to Playboy, the most popular sexual aid is erotic literature.

What do Alan Alda, Prince William, Billy Idol, Marlon Brando, Pierce Brosnan, Bill Cosby, Ron Howard and Jesse Jackson have in common? They're all uncircumcised.

A female orgasm has been determined to be a powerful painkiller.

Sixteen percent of people in Japan have had sex in a car, compared to 80 percent of Americans.

The vagina and the eye are self-cleaning organs.

A "frotteur" is a person who becomes sexually aroused by rubbing against strangers (often in crowds).

Seventy percent of Dutch women say their first sexual experience occurred while "under the influence."