from the news-you-can-use dept: i ran across a tweet from none other than andy richter claiming that exposing a man’s genitals to sunlight can cause his testosterone level to rise by 200%. i assumed it was a fictional fact but upon further investigation it appears that in 1939 a one dr. abraham myerson shone uvb light on men’s genitals and found the reported increase. it’s a bit suspicious that nobody appears to have bothered to replicated the research on genitals specifically, though other research has shown sunbathing increases testosterone in men by boosting vitamin D levels. anyway, brb.