Dirty Little Secrets

Did you know......That, until the mid-1600s, scientists believed that each sperm cell contained-inside of it-a tiny human being?...That Romans and Egyptians devised their own form of condoms, but it wasn't until a physician crafted one from a sheep's intestine for England's notoriously licentious Charles II that the term "sheepskin" came into use?...That by playing "Six Degrees of Sexual Separation" you can get Carmen Electra into bed with Joan Collins-or Al Pacino into bed with Frank Sinatra-in just six easy steps?JoAnn Baker and Erica Orloff explore all these fun facts and many, many, more in this comprehensive, occasionally shocking, and always hilarious look at humanity's oldest (and still favorite) preoccupation.From the Temple of the Vestal Virgins to the Washington Monument, Dirty Little Secrets delves undercover and between the sheets to bring readers the most fascinating, most scandalous information available on history's most cherished topic of conversation.