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04/07/2008

Make-Your-Own Condoms

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03/24/2008

Columbus Discovers the Clitoris

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03/10/2008

The Curse of Self-Abuse

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02/25/2008

Horsing Around With Catherine the Great

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02/13/2008

Pornography of the Kitchen

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01/30/2008

When George Met Sally

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01/21/2008

Aphrodisiac Attack

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01/09/2008

The Fig Leaf of Florence

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12/18/2007

Quick, Jeeves, Cover the Piano Legs!

The Brits thought Americans prudes. But then the table turned.

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11/27/2007

For a Good Time, Try Revolutionary Paris

Tourists today want crepes and the Eiffel Tower, but in the 18th century they wanted something a bit more exciting.

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