Top Ten Facts about Intercourse

What is Intercourse?

Intercourse is a sexual act which involves penetration of the vagina by penis. Intercourse of the sexual kind is also known as copulation, consummation, penetration, and sexual union. The popular slang that is considered vulgar includes - bang, frig, hump, lay, quickie, and ride (1^✔ ✔Trusted Source
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Top 10 Facts about Intercourse

Statistics on Intercourse

1. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
2. The Durex - World Sex Survey indicates that globally we are have sex -
• 103 times per year, or
• 1.98 times per week, or
• 0.28 times per day (2^✔ ✔Trusted Source
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3. Sex can burn 70-120 calories per hour in a 130-pound woman and 77-155 calories in a 170-pound man.
4. The Americans and Greeks top the maximum number of sexual intercourses - they do it 124 and 117 times respectively a year. Indians do it only 76 times a year but the Japanese men seem to be the least interested and only do it 36 times.
5. Sleep studies show that men have up to nine erections during one night's sleep - regardless of what they dream (3^✔ ✔Trusted Source
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6. In 2004 porn star Lisa Sparxxx created a very unusual world record - she had sex with 919 men in 24 hours.
7. There are over 4.2 million porn websites in the world and the number is growing everyday with millions of videos depicting sexual intercourse in various Kama-Sutra positions.
8. In Africa one of the common myths that prevailed has been that sexual intercourse with a virgin can cure AIDS. Deflowering virgins has been popular in the past too so much so that Fatafehi Paulah, King of Tonga in the 17th century - deflowered 10 virgins a day and during his entire reign had slept with 37,800 virgins.

Foods to boost Your Sex Drive

9. Certain foods can boost your sex drive and the list includes - lean meat, grains, watermelon, pumpkin seeds, almonds, bananas, strawberries, mangos, avocado, chillies, basil, cardamom, figs, pepper, champagne, oysters, chocolate, truffles, caviar, and whipped cream (4^✔ ✔Trusted Source
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Sexual Positions

10. The ancient Sanskrit Hindu book – Kama Sutra describes a total of 64 sexual positions for making love and sexual intercourse. These are very graphically depicted in the sculptures of Khajuraho and Konark Temple. He describes making love as "divine union" (5^✔ ✔Trusted Source
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