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489: No Such Thing As A Quiet Whitsuntide

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Origins of Condoms

The ancient Egyptians used to use crocodile dung as spermicide. William Buckland's kids had a hobby horse made out of a dead crocodile. Condoms at the 18th century were quite interesting, because that was sort of getting towards modern condoms but they're still very primitive.

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