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Length Matters

By The Daily Dish
Jun 7 2007, 9:30 AM ET

Finally - an authoritative scientific study of penises, and the men who worry about them. Get out that tape measure:

Drawing upon the results of 12 relevant studies, the review, detailed in the British Journal of Urology (BJU) International, finds that the average erect penis is about 5.5 to 6.2 inches long and about 4.7 to 5.1 inches in circumference.

If you're underwhelmed, there's hope:

The doctors point out some ancient tried and true methods for penis enlargement, but these aren't any more comfortable. Indian Sadhus men, for example, use weights to increase their penis length, while the Topamina of Brazil encourage poisonous snakes to bite their penises to get a size boost that lasts six months.

I may pass on that one.



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