You might think you’re an expert on your own package. After all, keeping it happy and healthy is a central goal for most men.

But despite how frequently you think about your penis and testicles, they contain a few mystical secrets you still haven’t uncovered.

MEN ARE JUST AS SENSITIVE AS WOMEN.

We’re talking about sensitivity to touch, of course. When it comes to sensation on your genitals, men and women are almost identical.

Separate studies at Cornell University (for women) and Michigan State University (for men) used a scientific device that measures the lightest amount of pressure a person can feel on their skin. For guys, the most sensitive areas were the tip of the foreskin, and the area on the underside of the penis just below the glans called the frenulum.

For the ladies, the most receptive regions were the inner labia.

But according to the sensitivity scale, men and women were in a dead heat. Both genders responded to the same level of touch: Just two-tenths of a gram of pressure could be felt.

YOUR ERECTION CAN BE GRADED.

Tumescence—you know, the stiffness of your soldier—can be measured on a four-step scale: Bigger but not yet rigid; not hard enough for penetration; firm for intercourse, but not rock-hard; and fully engorged.

The “erection hardness scale” was developed by scientists who were testing the drug Viagra during the 1990s. The primary method used at the time, theInternational Index of Erectile Function, asked men to rate their boner based on their self-confidence, and how often they could have sex.

But while the original study showing that Viagra works was going to press, the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine suggested a simpler way of quantifying erection outcome data, says study author Irwin Goldstein, M.D.

You’re probably aware that your colon is full of different bacteria, most of which are helpful. The tip of your penis also harbors its own colony of bacteria, but those tiny critters may affect your risk of HIV infection.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have shown that uncircumcised men harbor harmful bacteria underneath their foreskin that thrives in the oxygen-starved environment.

“The anaerobic bacteria or other organisms there cause inflammation, which attracts the immune system’s T-cells that HIV targets and makes them more susceptible to infection,” says study author Ronald Gray, M.D., a professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins.
Of course, if you’re uncircumcised and want to avoid STDs, you could simply wear a condom.



MORNING WOOD CAN HURT.



Whether you’re dreaming of a sexy encounter or not, you probably wake up ready for action on most mornings. In fact, men typically experience between three and five full erections at night, typically during the deep, rapid-eye movement phase of sleep.

So imagine then how miserable it would be to become afflicted with “sleep-related painful erections.”

It’s a rare condition (a little more than 30 cases have been reported so far) in which the erections you achieve in dreamland—but not necessarily the ones you get while awake—are painful instead of pleasurable, and they hurt enough to wake you up.
Doctors still aren’t sure why exactly these erections cause pain during sleep

[b]YOU CAN PIERCE YOUR PRICK AS MANY TIMES AS YOU’D LIKE.
[/b]The opening of your urethra at the tip of your penis has a name: the meatus. (Add your own joke here.)
If that doesn’t seem to be an adequate number of holes in your family jewels, you could take after Rolf Bucholz, a German man who holds the official record for the most body piercings.

According to the official count by the Guinness World Records, out of Bucholz’s 453 piercings, 278 are on his genitals.
SOME GUYS LIKE GETTING KICKED IN THE BALLS.
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A swift kick to the crotch is probably at the bottom of the list of things you want to have happen to you during sex. But for some guys, “ballbusting” is a sado-masochistic sexual fetish—part of the menu of services you might hire a dominatrix to perform.

A TWISTED TESTICLE CAN LEAVE YOU WITH ONE NUT.
[/b]First, the good news: Your balls can’t get tangled with each other like your iPod earbuds, since your scrotum contains two separate compartments divided by a thin membrane.

What can happen, however, is an individual testicle can spin around, which twists the spermatic cord until it cuts off blood flow. It’s incredibly painful, and “testicular torsion” can cost you the nut if not treated quickly enough.

While it’s most likely to occur when your gonads are developing either as an infant or a teenager, a British study reported that cyclists are at increased risk of testicular torsion due to the rocking motion they make while seated on bike saddle.

[b]ERECTIONS CAUSE YOU TO MAKE BAD DECISIONS.


Back in 2005, scientists at MIT and Carnegie Mellon University had 35 men answer a survey both in a normal state and while masturbating to what the researchers called “a high but sub-orgasmic level of arousal.”

When the men were turned on, they rated just about everything the scientists asked about as much more sexually attractive, including women’s shoes, the idea of a guy-guy-girl party, and even the smell of cigarette smoke...continue reading with pictures http://truecelebmedia.com/things-didnt-know-penis-balls/