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Blue Balls: A Ball-Faced Lie?

Science Vs

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How to Tell if You Have Blue Balls

Carolyn had heard of people having it, but then like cases like Sam's that was so extreme. Jonathan said that since that case 20 years ago, he'd seen like a handful of other cases. Almost 1500 people with penises responded and we asked them when you've approached orgasm but didn't ejaculate, have your testicles or the area around them ever hurt or felt 80? For half, 56% said yes. But then when we asked them how painful was it, only 7% said that it was severe, like a sharp or stabbing pain. And then zooming out to all of the people withpenises who've experienced this, most of them said that the pain didn

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