1. Princess Diana owned «Le Gadget»—her favorite sex toy—which she carried with her even during diplomatic trips. She would frequently, and jokingly, show the toy to foreign officials. She also believed that the toy brought her good luck. Once, during a trip to Nepal, she left it behind in the UK and ordered that it be shipped to the capital, Kathmandu.

2. George Washington suffered from severe hemorrhoids—to such an extent that he was sometimes unable to ride a horse and had to be transported by wagon instead.

3. French President Félix Faure died while receiving oral sex.

4. Catherine the Great possessed a collection of rather peculiar furniture: tables featuring penises, chairs shaped like vaginas—items of that nature.

5. Victor Hugo was a notorious libertine who carried on affairs with prostitutes throughout his entire life. Following his death, *all* of Paris's brothels had to be closed down because so many prostitutes turned up to attend his funeral.

6. Mary Shelley, the author of *Frankenstein*, used to meet her future husband—the poet Percy Shelley—at the cemetery where her mother was buried. They would meet and have sex right there among the graves, as Mary considered herself a true «Goth.»

7. Lyndon B. Johnson was notably well-endowed—a fact he took great pride in and frequently demonstrated to others. He nicknamed his member «Jumbo.»

8. Benjamin Franklin owned a strand of pearls approximately one meter in length. He added a single pearl to it every time he slept with a new woman.

9. Marilyn Monroe suffered from chronic stomach pain. All of her husbands confirmed this in private conversations.

10. Churchill was something of a nudist. He claimed to suffer from a skin condition that prevented him from wearing clothes for extended periods. During his visits to the White House, he would sit naked while conversing with Franklin Roosevelt.

11. The nickname Caesar gave Cleopatra was «Golden Mouth.» One can only guess why.

12. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor, wrote letters of a highly explicit nature to his mother during his teenage years.

13. The first thing Anton van Leeuwenhoek—the «father of microbiology»—placed under a microscope was sperm. He understood that sperm played a vital role in the creation of life, but he had not yet grasped the concept of single-celled organisms. He fully expected to see tiny little humans inside his own sperm.

14. It is believed that Raphael, the great Italian painter, died of exhaustion brought on by continuous sexual activity.

15. The ancient Egyptians believed that the god Atum created the universe by masturbating to ejaculation, and that the ebb and flow of the Nile corresponded to the number of his orgasms. As a mark of respect for this, the pharaohs would ritually masturbate into the river.