1. Sperm is produced at an average rate of 1,500 per second per testicle.
2. The sperm is the smallest cell in the body
3. The female egg is the largest,
4. It takes 175,000 sperm to weigh as much as one female egg
5. It takes about 100 days for sperm to form and mature.
6. The average ejaculation contains about a teaspoonful of semen which contains 200-500 million sperm.
7. There are about 3 million little sperm brats at the tip of a penis every time he get an erection, all waiting to break free.
8. The average sperm count fell from 113 million sperm/ml of semen in 1940 to 66 million/ml in 1990
9. A sperm's tail, called flagellum, spins like a boat propeller to move the sperm forward. It is the human body's only rotary 'engine'.
10. 400 million sperm produced will all fit on the head of a pin.
11. Because sperm are so tiny, they account for only about 1/10 of the volume of semen. The rest is fluid from the seminal vesicles and prostate gland.
12. If an average ejaculation filled an Olympic sized swimming pool, each sperm cell would be smaller than a tiny goldfish.
13. Alkaline-based foods like meat and fish produce a buttery..er..tasting semem
14. Acidic fruits cranberries, blueberries and plums produce a pleasant, sugary flavor. Fruits like kiwi, watermelon, celery, and pineapple will make semen taste lighter. Beer and coffee leaves a rather bitter taste in the mouth.
15. Distance sperm travels to fertilize an egg: 3 to 4 inches
16. Time it takes sperm to fertilize an egg: 2.5 seconds
17. The average time a sperm survives in the female reproductive tract: 3 days.
18. The average time a sperm survives in the man’s body: 6 months.
19. Sperm that aren’t ejaculated get broken down and reabsorbed or are washed away in urine.
20. Sadly, Men can’t run out of sperm.
21. Masturbation and sex doesn’t use up sperm.
22. The body keeps making sperm as long as a man has at least one testicle.
23. Sperm have a 6 inch swim to reach the woman’s egg. This is equal to 10- mile swim for a man.
24. At least 32 different chemicals have been found in semen. They include 20 amino acids, glucose, citric acid, fructose, Vitamin C, Vitamin B12, Potassium, Calcium and Copper.
25. Average number of times a man will ejaculate in his lifetime: 7,200
26. Average # of times he will ejaculate from masturbation: 2,000
27. Average total amount of lifetime ejaculate: 14 gallons
28. Average amount of water it takes to fill a bathtub: 35 gallons
29. Average speed of sperm travel; 45 km per hour
30. Average speed of a city bus: 40 km per hour
31. Average # of calories in a teaspoon of semen: 7
32. Average # of calories in a can of Dr. Pepper: 150
33. Average length of penis when not erect: 3.5 inches
34. Average length when erect: 5.1 inches
35. Average answer from guys when asked to measure their own: 6.0 inches
36. Smallest natural penis recorded: 5/8 of an inch
37. Largest natural penis recorded: 11 inches
38. Largest penis in the animal kingdom: 11 feet (blue whale)
39. Height from court floor to the rim of a basketball hoop: 10 feet
40. Most arousing time of day/season for a man: early morning/fall
41. Best ways to improve sexual function: start exercising.
42. Percent of men who say they masturbate: 60%
43. Percent of men who say they masturbate at least once a day: 54%
44. Percent of men who say they feel guilty masturbating that often: 41%
45. Amount of time needed for a man to regain erection: from 2 min to 2weeks
46. Average # of erections per day for a man: 11
47. Average # of erections during the night: 9
48. Often, semen has an odor that resembles chlorine
49. Sperm life: 2 1/2 months (from development to ejaculation)
50. Cost of a year's supply of condoms used by average male: $100
51. Thickness of the average condom: .07 mm
52. Thickness of super-thin condoms: .05 mm
53. Average number of sperm cells in one ejaculate;between 40 million to 600 million
54. Average number of sperm cells needed to create a baby ; 1
55. Rabbit and Man produce same number of sperm in one ejaculate
56. Pig produces 30 times number of sperm than man in one ejaculate
57. Among mammals humans has the smallest sperm cells
58. Length of human sperm cell ; 40 microns
59. Length of rat sperm cell ; 170 microns
60. Duration of a man's marathon orgasm ; 15 seconds
61. Time it takes an average male to complete a marathon: 4 hours
62. Time sperm can survive inside a mouth: 13 hours
63. Number of women who have tried artificial insemination procedures at some time in their life ; 865,000
64. The sperm's only purpose in life is to get into the woman's vagina and uterus, to impregnate an egg.
65. Repository for Germinal Choice of Escondido, Calif., famous for its Nobel Prize-winning donors, closed its doors in 1999. Fairfax Cryobank, offering 'high' IQ sperm from medical, law, Ph.D students and graduates, opened its doors in 1999.
66. Number of penile implants currently in use in the U.S. : About 22,500
67. Number of women who have breast implants in the U.S. : About 1.5 million
68. Percent of men who say that there has ever been a moment in their lives when they weren't interested in sex: 13%
69. Percent of men who admit to lying about their answers on surveys: 22%
2. The sperm is the smallest cell in the body
3. The female egg is the largest,
4. It takes 175,000 sperm to weigh as much as one female egg
5. It takes about 100 days for sperm to form and mature.
6. The average ejaculation contains about a teaspoonful of semen which contains 200-500 million sperm.
7. There are about 3 million little sperm brats at the tip of a penis every time he get an erection, all waiting to break free.
8. The average sperm count fell from 113 million sperm/ml of semen in 1940 to 66 million/ml in 1990
9. A sperm's tail, called flagellum, spins like a boat propeller to move the sperm forward. It is the human body's only rotary 'engine'.
10. 400 million sperm produced will all fit on the head of a pin.
11. Because sperm are so tiny, they account for only about 1/10 of the volume of semen. The rest is fluid from the seminal vesicles and prostate gland.
12. If an average ejaculation filled an Olympic sized swimming pool, each sperm cell would be smaller than a tiny goldfish.
13. Alkaline-based foods like meat and fish produce a buttery..er..tasting semem
14. Acidic fruits cranberries, blueberries and plums produce a pleasant, sugary flavor. Fruits like kiwi, watermelon, celery, and pineapple will make semen taste lighter. Beer and coffee leaves a rather bitter taste in the mouth.
15. Distance sperm travels to fertilize an egg: 3 to 4 inches
16. Time it takes sperm to fertilize an egg: 2.5 seconds
17. The average time a sperm survives in the female reproductive tract: 3 days.
18. The average time a sperm survives in the man’s body: 6 months.
19. Sperm that aren’t ejaculated get broken down and reabsorbed or are washed away in urine.
20. Sadly, Men can’t run out of sperm.
21. Masturbation and sex doesn’t use up sperm.
22. The body keeps making sperm as long as a man has at least one testicle.
23. Sperm have a 6 inch swim to reach the woman’s egg. This is equal to 10- mile swim for a man.
24. At least 32 different chemicals have been found in semen. They include 20 amino acids, glucose, citric acid, fructose, Vitamin C, Vitamin B12, Potassium, Calcium and Copper.
25. Average number of times a man will ejaculate in his lifetime: 7,200
26. Average # of times he will ejaculate from masturbation: 2,000
27. Average total amount of lifetime ejaculate: 14 gallons
28. Average amount of water it takes to fill a bathtub: 35 gallons
29. Average speed of sperm travel; 45 km per hour
30. Average speed of a city bus: 40 km per hour
31. Average # of calories in a teaspoon of semen: 7
32. Average # of calories in a can of Dr. Pepper: 150
33. Average length of penis when not erect: 3.5 inches
34. Average length when erect: 5.1 inches
35. Average answer from guys when asked to measure their own: 6.0 inches
36. Smallest natural penis recorded: 5/8 of an inch
37. Largest natural penis recorded: 11 inches
38. Largest penis in the animal kingdom: 11 feet (blue whale)
39. Height from court floor to the rim of a basketball hoop: 10 feet
40. Most arousing time of day/season for a man: early morning/fall
41. Best ways to improve sexual function: start exercising.
42. Percent of men who say they masturbate: 60%
43. Percent of men who say they masturbate at least once a day: 54%
44. Percent of men who say they feel guilty masturbating that often: 41%
45. Amount of time needed for a man to regain erection: from 2 min to 2weeks
46. Average # of erections per day for a man: 11
47. Average # of erections during the night: 9
48. Often, semen has an odor that resembles chlorine
49. Sperm life: 2 1/2 months (from development to ejaculation)
50. Cost of a year's supply of condoms used by average male: $100
51. Thickness of the average condom: .07 mm
52. Thickness of super-thin condoms: .05 mm
53. Average number of sperm cells in one ejaculate;between 40 million to 600 million
54. Average number of sperm cells needed to create a baby ; 1
55. Rabbit and Man produce same number of sperm in one ejaculate
56. Pig produces 30 times number of sperm than man in one ejaculate
57. Among mammals humans has the smallest sperm cells
58. Length of human sperm cell ; 40 microns
59. Length of rat sperm cell ; 170 microns
60. Duration of a man's marathon orgasm ; 15 seconds
61. Time it takes an average male to complete a marathon: 4 hours
62. Time sperm can survive inside a mouth: 13 hours
63. Number of women who have tried artificial insemination procedures at some time in their life ; 865,000
64. The sperm's only purpose in life is to get into the woman's vagina and uterus, to impregnate an egg.
65. Repository for Germinal Choice of Escondido, Calif., famous for its Nobel Prize-winning donors, closed its doors in 1999. Fairfax Cryobank, offering 'high' IQ sperm from medical, law, Ph.D students and graduates, opened its doors in 1999.
66. Number of penile implants currently in use in the U.S. : About 22,500
67. Number of women who have breast implants in the U.S. : About 1.5 million
68. Percent of men who say that there has ever been a moment in their lives when they weren't interested in sex: 13%
69. Percent of men who admit to lying about their answers on surveys: 22%
