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Strange birth control options

Posted by Lyrad on 12:01 AM

Sex experts Erica Orloff and JoAnn Baker say the idea for the I.U.D. was originated by Arabian camel herders who discovered sticking a stone in a female camel's genitalia would keep them from getting pregnant.

Other cultures with bizarre birth control methods include ancient China, where the women terminated pregnancy by drinking hot mercury the day after sex and ancient Persia, where the ladies used sea sponges soaked in alcohol as primitive contraceptive sponges.

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