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Source: Big Think

Roundup

1-4-10

The Steam-Powered, Coal-Fired Vibrator [video 6 minutes 59 seconds]

The “Technology of Orgasm” author recounts the outrageous history of female genital “manipulators,” from water-powered turbines to the contraption called the Chattanooga.

Read entire article at Big Think