Men who are hanged get a death erection, known as rigor erectus

Men who are hanged get a death erection, known as rigor erectus.

Dead man can also get an erection that is called "Angel Lust". Men who get erection after getting hanged to death are known as "Rigor Erectus"

Forget Tutankhamun or the Basilica of the Holy Blood, this is the only object a museum needs: The penis of a man who got an erection while being executed by hanging

The prized penis was recently acquired by the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History in Hackney, London. The artifact costs more than £100,000 ($128,000) to buy, so the museum is currently renting it for £2,500 ($3,200). The penis, aka "the world's longest standing erection", will remain on display for the next year.

"It was removed from an 18th century Englishman who was hanged," Viktor Wynd, the museum's curator, said When people were hanged they'd nearly always get erections and nearly always release their seed."

Indeed, death by hanging is often reported to be closely followed by a boner. The phenomenon, colloquially known as “angel lust”, is often attributed to pressure on the cerebellum created by the noose “exciting” the nerves.

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