No much to say here =) Happy friday!
Interesting facts about condoms:
- It is being estimated that around 5,000,000,000 condoms get used every year worldwide.
- There are around 100 different brands of condoms in the market.
- Women are 40-70% of the condoms buyers.
- An average condom can hold about 4 quarts of liquid.
- Around 99% of condoms are made of latex while the rest are made from lamb intestines
- The Egyptians reportedly used condoms in the 1350BC, which were mostly prepared from animal bladders or intestines
- The most ancient evidence of condom in Europe were seen on cave paintings in Combarelles, France, dated around 100-200AD
- Condoms in the 16th century were made of linen.
- Condoms in the 18th century were made from sheep, lamb and goat intestines, and sometimes even from fish skin
- Charles Goodyear in 1844 obtained the first patent on a crepe rubber condom
- The Japanese used two kinds of condoms, one was made of thin leather while the other was made from tortoiseshell or horn
- The latex used to make condoms is a natural product, the sap from rubber trees.
- Condoms make the best water balloons.
- The Danish word for condom is "svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel"
My name is Shravan Mishra and I'm a part time blogger, living in Delhi, India.
