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Cock fight: professors dispute Bayeux Tapestry penis count

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Apr 30, 2025
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Impressively long if lacking girth, the Bayeux Tapestry narrates the Norman conquest of England. But how many penises are embroidered therein? Oxford professor George Garnett counts 93 cocks, 88 belonging to horses and the rest to humans. But now Bayeux tapestry scholar Dr Christopher Monk believes he has found a 94th.

A running man, depicted in the tape…

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