Running a sex and seduction related website, one often comes across various titbits of information that are interesting, but not immediately useful, or applicable to anything specific.

So, using a combination of information from the American Urology Association, The Kinsey Report and Wikipedia, here are ten unusual facts about sex that you might not have known before.

• On any given day 400,000,000 people around the world (1 in 17 of us) will have sexual intercourse. Broken down further, about 4,000 people are having sex right now.

• Sex cures headaches: Endorphins released into our bloodstream when we have sex not only give us pleasure, but also act as painkillers. That’s useful information to whip out the next time your partner uses a headache as a reason for refusing.

• The average lovemaking session lasts around 15 minutes: Consisting of roughly 10 to 12 minutes of foreplay and around 3 to 5 minutes of intercourse.

• Forget global warming and turn up your thermostat… Orgasms can be more intense in warmer conditions. The degree of vasocongestion – reddening or darkening of the skin known as the “sex flush” – is both more common in warmer temperatures and an indication of how intense an orgasm was.

• Humans aren’t the only members of the animal kingdom that have sex just for fun. Dolphins and Bonobo chimps have also been observed engaging in sexual activity, when they are not in their natural reproductive cycles.

• Homosexuality is not unique to humans: Many species have been observed engaging in homosexual activity; and male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality in all mammals.

• If a woman experiences an orgasm during sex, she’s more likely to become pregnant, since orgasmic spasms in pelvic muscles can help move sperm up the vaginal canal to the uterus.

• Many elderly people can and do have frequent sex: At age 70 — 73% of males are still potent; and 30% of women aged 80 or older still have sex.

• Viagra has made erectile dysfunction (affecting 10–12% of men) a household phrase, but the opposite problem, premature ejaculation (affecting 24–27% of men), is actually more common. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently reviewing a drug called Dapoxetine as a cure for this problem.

• 70% of women would rather eat chocolate than have sex.

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