Seven Facts about the Penis

Fun penis facts:
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#1. The penis develops from a clitoris-like organ. .
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#2. Humans typically have the largest penis of all primates AND penises are longer than they look! About half of the penis is housed inside the body. .
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#3. The penis is not a muscle but rather is composed of three columns: corpus cavernosum - two that extend from the base of the penis to the tip that carry blood to create an erection, and the corpus spongiosum - where both semen and urine pass, and also fills with blood during an erection.
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#4. While uncommon, it is possible to “fracture” a penis during intercourse. In a 2014 study, it was found that, in heterosexual couples, the woman being on top was the position most common to cause this type of fracture, the man being behind was the second most common. In a 2017 study, these were found to be reversed. .
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#5. Adult men get circumcised too. Some reasons adults may choose to get circumcised are: tears in the skin where the penis is attached to the foreskin, when the foreskin is too tight to retract comfortably, a build up of smegma (combination of dead skin cells and oil) or if a childhood circumcision wasn’t done successfully, .
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#6. Penis length is not linked to shoe size (people have actually studied this and found zero link). .
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#7. Men have very little control over when they ejaculate, partly because it is not a reflex controlled by the brain, rather it comes from a region in the spinal cord, called the spinal ejaculation generator.