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08th Aug 2015

5 Facts You May Not Have Known About Bums

They're not just handy for sitting on, you know!

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We don’t know about you but we sit on our bums for the majority of the day, which got us thinking about the importance of that particular part of our bodies.

Here our five facts you may not have known (we certainly didn’t) about our backsides…

1. Your butt muscles are the largest and most powerful in your body

2. Women’s tend to be bigger than men’s because of the hormone oestrogen

3. Having a big backside is said to be good for your health, preventing diabetes and heart disease

4. A survey previously revealed that those with bigger butts tend to be smarter (and so do their children)

5. Pygophilia is the term for sexual attraction to the human buttocks