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Boobs come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. In addition, they are one of the greatest things about humans. They are fun to touch and look at for both boys and girls. However, you already knew that! Check out below for the top 57 surprising facts about boobs for even more reasons to love them!
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#57 – 50. Surprising Facts About Boobs
57. Some women can achieve orgasm from just nipple stimulation.
56. Men have nipples and breasts because all foetuses are female at first.
55. In the United States, breast augmentation is the second most popular cosmetic surgery after liposuction.
54. Nipple stimulation leads to a closer bond with your sexual partner.
53. Breast milk is sweeter than cow milk.
52. Breasts swell up when a person is aroused, just like a penis.
51. Two women who loved running created the first sports bra in 1977 by stitching two male jockstraps together.
50. A boob grab releases oxytocin in a consenting woman. This is the same chemical released during hugs.
#49 – 40. Surprising Facts About Boobs
49. There are 8 different types of nipples. (Protruding, flat, puffy, inverted, unilateral inverted, bumpy, hairy, and supernumarary)
48. In witch-hunts in England and Scotland, it was thought that a woman could be proved a witch if she had a “witch’s teat.” A witch’s teat was any unnatural mark on her body that a “familiar,” or devil, supposedly used as a way to suck the woman’s blood as nourishment.
47. Polythelia is the term for a person having three or more nipples. It occurs in 1 out of every 18 men and 1 out of every 50 women. The extra nipples are commonly mistaken as moles.
46. There’s a champagne glass in London that’s shaped after Kate Moss’ breast.
45. Studies show that 80% of men look at your breast when they meet you for the first time.
44. Girls look at boobs just as much as boys do.
43. Coffee can make nipples more sensitive.
42. A girl’s breasts will usually grow between two to four years after her menstrual cycle starts.
41. Gigantomastia is a term for when breast and fat tissue steadily grows throughout a person’s life and can affect both men and women.
40. Diane de Poitiers, the mistress of Henri II, supposedly washed her breasts in gold, rainwater, and sow’s milk in order to enhance the beauty of her bosom.
#39 – 30. Surprising Facts About Boobs
39. In fact, Louis XV is rumored to have declared, “And her breasts? That’s the first thing one looks at in a woman.”
38. Because bras weren’t yet invented, ancient Roman women would wrap bandages around themselves to keep their boobs in place while they worked out.
37. Nipples can leak even when you are not nursing.
36. For most women, the left breast is bigger than the right one.
35. 70% of women are unhappy with the size of their breasts.
34. Annie Hawkins-Turner has the world’s largest natural breasts on record. They are a size 48V.
33. A study found that men who prefer large breasts are financially insecure.
#29 – 20. Surprising Facts About Boobs
25. Glands in a nursing mother’s areolas give off a scent of amniotic fluid that babies are attracted to and that only babies can smell.
24. Mammary glands in both humans and animals possess receptors that collect hormones in the mother’s body in order to detect the gender of the fetus and change the composition of the mother’s milk accordingly.
23. Women first began not wearing tops on the beaches of Saint-Tropez in France in the 1960s.
22. An Egyptian papyri from around 1400 B.C.E. gives an account of one of the first recorded medical writing about breasts in discussing how to stimulate milk flow during lactation. It recommended that the mother rub warm fish bones on her back or sit cross-legged and rub poppy plant on her breasts while she ate sour bread.
21. “Senology” is the study of the breast, coming from seno, which is “bosom” in Italian and Spanish.
20. According to legend, the Amazon warrior women cut off their right breasts in order to more easily draw their bows.
#19 – 10. Surprising Facts About Boobs
19. Over the past 50 years, Playboy centerfolds have changed with the economy. In tough economic times, heavier and taller Playboy Playmates were preferred. As the economy improved, lighter and shorter models were featured.
18. Breastfeeding actually changes the way a mother’s brain works! It makes the mother more attuned to her own child’s crying.
17. An estimated 80% of women wear the wrong bra size.
16. During the Renaissance, people widely believed that a mother’s milk was actually vaginal blood that transformed into milk as it moved from the womb to the breasts.
15. During the Renaissance, the ideal breasts were high on the chest, small, and perfectly round.
14. Breasts change size from week to week throughout your life based on hormonal changes.
13. Sleeping on your stomach can over time change the shape of your breast.
12. Around 1500 in Venice, legislation required prostitutes to stand on a certain bridge and to uncover their breasts. The law was created to prevent the prostitutes from dressing like men to appeal to gay prospective clientele.
11. Breast size is hereditary. In fact, you have an equal chance of inheriting your chest size from either parent.
10. Corsets that cinched in the waist and popped up the breasts went out of style during World War I, when the army needed more steel and asked women to give them up.
#9 – 1. Surprising Facts About Boobs
A study revealed that 50% of women never bother to check themselves for breast cancer symptoms.
8. In China, you can get a degree in bra studies.
7. Hormones released during pregnancy can make nipples darker.
6. The first time a bra was advertised on television in the United States was in 1955.
5. There are more than 4 million new bras produced every day.
4. Humans are the only species to have permanently enlarged breasts. In addition, scientists don’t know why.
3. The average breast weighs about 499 grams and contains between 4 to 5% of the body’s total fat.
2. Your boobs aren’t just made of fat.They are a complex system of glands and ducts, which also includes your nipple. And underneath each breast is muscle, as well as fibrous tissue that separates it from your ribs. However, after a certain age, your breasts do turn into mostly fat.
1. Smokers have saggier breasts than non smokers due to the chemicals in cigarettes breaking down the body’s elastin.
Ideas for the surprising facts about boobs were taken from the following sources.[1]Scoop Whoop – 22 Interesting Facts About Breasts That Both Men & Women Will Want To Know[2]Buzzfeed – 16 Boob Facts That Will Blow You Away[3]Fact Retriever – 30 Interesting Facts about Breasts[4]LOLWOT – 10 Facts About Boob That You Didn’t Know[5]Women’s Health – 11 Weird Facts About Your Breasts[6]Good Housekeeping – 12 Things You Should Know About Your Breasts[7]Chatelaine – 15 surprising facts about breasts
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