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At this point, pretty much everyone has heard that juice cleanses are kind of bad for you. So why keep doing them — unless they're a modern form of self-punishment? More »
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Well, we know where the law stands on giving a BJ in Idaho, but the Middle Ages were so much worse. Sometime around 1245, St. Albert The Great helped pen a handbook for sexual penances. The length of the punishment — bread, water, and abstinence — for "exotic congress" varied, depending on the sexual position.Punishments were as follows: Sex with the woman on top = three years; lateral, seated or standing sex= 40 days; coitus retro (rear entry)=40 days; mutual masturbation=30 days; inter-femural sex, aka ejaculation between the legs=40 days; coitus in terga, aka anal sex=three years (with an adult); two years (with a boy); seven years (habitual); 10 years (with a cleric). Oh, yeah, some things never change. [The Smart Set] More »
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