50 Astonishing Facts About Men

50 ASTONISHING FACTS ABOUT MEN


1.  For every 35lbs of fat a man gains, his penis becomes an inch shorter (according to urologists at Indiana University).

2.  A quarter of all British men confess to viewing online porn every day.  22% do so at work.

3.  Around 40% of men confess they don’t wash their hands after using a public toilet.

4.  The average man puts on a stone in weight while his partner is pregnant.

5.  39% of men said they’d  give up sex if they could keep a full head of hair.

6.  Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 American states.

7.  A recent Kleenex survey suggested more men have cried at a film (44%) than at the break-up of their own relationships

8.  British men spend on average £2,426 p.a. on their cars – double what they spend on their partners.

9.  A Hamburg University study found that 18-30 year old men have sex half as often as their fathers did because they’re  ‘too tired’ after work.

10. One in four men pees in the shower.

11.  Ugly men produce more sperm during sex.  Why?  Handsome guys reserve sperm for future partners.

12.  43% of men expect to have sex on Valentine’s Day.

13. One third of British men seek a woman who reminds them of their mum, with 11% seeking the same body shape.

14. Men in their 20’s have an average of 135 orgasms a year.   This plummets to 70 in their 50’s.

15.  French men have the biggest reported penis size at an average of 6 1/4 inches.

16.  Men are much more likely to get into debt than women.

17.  An Australian study claims that men find women 5ft 4ins, with a 30 ins waist, 40 ins hips and a size 14 the most attractive.

18.  Around 40% of men say nurses are the profession they fantasise about the most.

19. A quarter of men prefer their stag do to their wedding.

20. More than 2/3 men said they would snog a girl with swine flu if she was attractive enough.

21. Wealthy men give better orgasms according to a Newcastle University study.

22.  43% of men said they’d dump their partner if she got fat.

23.  Men make up less than 50% of the world’s population but own between 88% and 95% of the world’s wealth.

24.  55% of men feel they’re more likely to achieve orgasm using toys or accessories during sex.

25.  Some Papua New Guinea tribesmen greet by shaking penises rather than handshakes.

26. While women speak on average 20,000 words a day, men utter only 7,000.

27.  Men prefer novels that are about alienation and are devoid of emotion.

28.  9% of men admit to shedding tears at a wedding.

29. Koro or ‘penis panic’ is an outbreak of mass hysteria that occurs once every few years in Africa and the Far East when men fear their willies might mysteriously vanish.

30. 1 in 10 men is too embarrassed to take his clothes off in front of his partner.

31.  10% of British men surveyed thought Chlamydia was the name of a flower.

32. Gay men have similarly shaped brains to heterosexual women.

33. 5% of men admit to sleeping in women’s underwear.

34. The reason men shirk housework is that they take in less sensory detail so simply don’t see or feel dust and household clutter the way women do.

35. British guys are the worst kissers in Europe.  The best are Italians.

36. 62% of 18-29 year old men prefer ironing to car maintenance.

37.  Korean men have the smallest penises – on average, a dainty 3 ¾ ins.

38. 3% of men admit to getting their mum to clean their house before bringing a date home.

39.  68% of Italian men live at home with their parents till they’re 34.

40. 20% of travelling men sleep with a teddy bear when away from their partners.
41. One in four men regularly dream about monsters.

42. Men neglect their teeth more than women and are more likely to brush just once a day.

43.The average number of times a man will ejaculate from masturbation is 2,000.

44. There are around 5-7 calories per spoonful in semen.

45. To find out how bald your man is likely to become, check out his maternal grandfather.  Baldness is inherited from the female side.

46.  The reason why guys spend hours playing war games online is that it satisfies their primordial urge to conquer.

47.  Men’s favourite place to ogle women is the supermarket.

48.   Men who don’t shave every day have less sex than those who do (according to a 2005 Bristol University study)

49. A man is twice is likely to follow another man on Twitter than to follow a woman.

50.  60% of men laugh at jokes made by other men while only 38% laugh at jokes made by women.

Source:  Cosmopolitan