Ribald rumors, salacious gossip and scandalous myths from around the globe.
Have astronauts conducted sex experiments in outer space? Does the world's largest porn collection belong to the Vatican? What famous person's private parts are supposedly stored in formaldehyde at the Smithsonian? Test your urban legends IQ!
Does the "curiously strong" mint really enhance the pleasure of oral sex? This urban legend says it does.
Altoidsgate: Will the latest Bill Clinton debacle bring the White House to its knees?
Rumors of penis-shrinking sorcerers roaming the streets cause outbreak of pubic panic in West Africa.
Those Greek gods and goddesses were always copulating, or thinking about copulation, or planning to copulate...
During a stately wedding ceremony, the bride interrupts the proceedings to reveal a shocking secret about the groom and the maid of honor.
During a stately wedding ceremony, the groom interrupts the proceedings to reveal a shocking secret about the bride and the best man.
Did you hear that (Insert Name of Rock Star Here) collapsed onstage and had to be rushed to the emergency room, where a pint of semen was pumped from his/her stomach?
Hoax, or a legitimate uprising of prudes? The truth exposed!
Self-described "spectacularly beautiful" woman posts an online personals ad bluntly stating her wish to pair off with a marriageable "rich guy" in New York City. Wall Street banker responds, "Your offer ... is plain and simple a crappy business deal."
Reasons not to have sex with a lobster. (Caution: a very bawdy email tale featuring explicit language some will find offensive.)
Allegations that Space Shuttle astronauts conducted 'sex experiments' in outer space are based on an Internet hoax, says NASA
Web page masquerading as a CNN/AP news story claims women can decrease their risk of breast cancer by "performing the act of fellatio on a regular basis."
Another apocryphal sex tale involving men and gerbils.
A woman accidentally uses holiday glitter spray instead of feminine hygiene spray just before visiting the gynecologist. Embarrassment ensues...
Did Neil Armstrong's moon landing speech contain a secret naughty reference?
Here's what happens when a couple takes "love is a masquerade" too literally.
In which we are asked to believe that Japanese women are proudly wearing skirts imprinted on the outside with trompe l'oeil panties.
It is widely believed -- apparently more so by adults than by the teenagers themselves -- that the 'jelly bracelets' so popular among junior high school students nowadays are color-coded according to the wearer's willingness to perform certain sex acts.
Another entry in the "odd things inserted in orifices" department.
Two college students making love on top of a mountain during a thunderstorm experience the climax of their lives -- literally.
Wherein it is claimed that Taiwanese-born Mingwei Lee is the first human male to be artificially impregnated and will soon give birth to a child – by C-section, of course.
Dear Guide: I read somewhere that in a 1975 Sears catalog, there is a penis visible in one of the pictures. Is this true? It sounds kind of urban legend-y to me, but I'm curious to know.
"Police arrested Patrick Lawrence, a 22-year-old white male, resident of Dacula, GA, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. Friday. Lawrence will be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and public intoxication at the Gwinnett County courthouse on Monday..."
During a wedding ceremony at Clemson University, the groom interrupts the proceedings to reveal a shocking secret about the bride and the best man (Internet version of "The Bridegroom's Revenge").
No, but this urban legend has certainly not hurt the popularity of the soft drink.
"Dear Ann Landers," a May 2002 letter to the advice columnist began, "I hope you can help me with an unusual problem. My teen-age daughter was recently invited to a nude slumber party."
Note to self: don't have sex with anyone who works in a morgue.
'Medical study' purportedly published in the New England Journal of Medicine claims research has shown that ogling women's breasts increases men's lifespans.
Shocking proof that dog is woman's best friend, too.
Is gangster John Dillinger's preserved penis on permanent display at a Washington, D.C. museum?
Questions and answers about "dreadful contaminations."
Writer Leif 'Trials of a Gay-Seeming Straight Male' Ueland glosses the execrable Richard Gere gerbil-in-the-butt legend in his probing article for Nerve.com, 'Everything but the Gerbil'...
We get to the bottom of persistent rumors concerning Richard Gere and a certain furry little friend.
Perhaps the most inventive use of an industrial staple gun you're ever likely to see. Grisly but true!
Germany-based sports shoe manufacturer PUMA AG says a pair of pictorial "ads" currently circulating on the Internet and featuring sneaker-clad adults engaged in an apparent sex act are "unauthorized," "appalling," and utterly fake.
As befits a modern miracle invention, tales of Superglue pranks and mishaps loom large in contemporary folklore.
Zipless variant of "The Unzipped Mechanic," a very old legend in which a woman mistakes a mechanic working under the family car for her husband and proceeds to give the man the surprise of his life.
During a taping of the popular 1970s show 'The Newlywed Game,' a female contestant comes up with an unexpected response to the question, 'Where's the most unusual place you've ever made whoopee?'
Penises make constant appearances in myths and legends from all over the map. Peter Kohler measures in with a retelling of a Hopi folktale.
"Welcome to the world of AIDS." A cautionary tale from the '80s, precursor to several related legends of the late '90s, with analysis by Barbara Mikkelson.
Was the lovemaking ill-timed, or was it the surprise party?
Did Sylvester Stallone really star in a porn film? Did Ron Howard direct one? Find out here.
A teenage boy hoping to get lucky with a blind date stocks up on condoms at the local pharmacy...
Legendary but true -- a selection from Barbara's Tales of the Wooden Spoon.
Is this what really happens when you leave a girl alone in the car after giving her an aphrodisiac?
Have you heard the one about the guy who dressed up as Superman, tied his wife to the bed, then knocked himself unconscious while attempting to leap from the dresser?
Catherine the Great did it with a stallion? Another historical inaccuracy is set aright by Barbara Mikkelson.
So they say. On the other hand, there's the truth -- for which I refer you to Barbara "sinner belle" Mikkelson.
Under the category of "classroom embarrassments" – female student asks the biology professor why, if semen is 50% sugar, it tastes so salty.
