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8 Things You Didn't Know About Orgasms

They do a lot more than put a flush in your cheeks.
By Corrie Pikul
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The Best Ones Hold Their Thrill Longer than a Werther's Original Butterscotch
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Illustration: Jen Troyer

Sex researchers Masters and Johnson labeled "intense orgasms" (like the kind where Sally's not faking it) as involving 8 to 12 vaginal contractions, each lasting 4.0 to 9.6 seconds. That adds up to over two minutes of continuous mind-bending bliss.

Published on July 27, 2012
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