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The History of Condoms

15,000 years ago we have found cave paintings that show images of a sheathed penis. The Japanese version of the penis sheath or condom was made of horn or tortoiseshell. They didn't care about the ladies pleasure. That's just mind bogglingly painful sounding.

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