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The god might have lettuce to thank for his generous title as tearful plea to Chloe the leaf was believed to help him 'perform the sexual act untiringly' Goodman after breast­ exposing scandal It is thought that the first depiction of the god THE HISTORY OF LETTUCE Regrets drunken incident with his favoured lettuce appears around 1980BC in The White Chapel of Senusret, although Ikram said there might be earlier Lettuces became recognisable salad New couple? Leonardo DiCaprio and Rihanna examples. ingredients thanks to the Greeks and Romans in around 85 AD during the reign of Domitian. spotted 'getting hot and heavy' at star­studded A salad was included at the beginning of a Playboy Mansion party meal to stimulate appetite. Both known for wild partying antics It was eaten again at the end of a lavish meal to aid digestion. Could YOU pull off The Greeks and Romans used lettuce to help new extreme cleavage people sleep. trend like Kate Hudson at the Golden Globes? 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'Don't take it so Professor Ikram told Smithsonian: 'One of the reasons why [the Egyptians] associated the lettuce seriously': Jeremy with Min was because it grows straight and tall—an obvious phallic symbol.' Renner hits back after crude joke about http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article­2367052/The­land­LETTUCE­sex­symbol­The­leafy­vegetable­taken­aphrodisiac­ancient­Egypt­consid… 2/15 1/13/2015 The land where LETTUCE was a sex symbol: The leafy vegetable was taken as an aphrodisiac in ancient Egypt and considered a delicacy of th… The lettuce was thought to be sacred to Min because of its straight growth as well as the milky Jennifer Lopez's liquid that it exudes when first cut, which could be viewed as a symbol of a mother's milk or even 'golden globes' is semen. blasted by Twitter users Interestingly the ancient Egyptians discarded the deep green leaves and instead of using the leaves in a meal, removed the seeds from flower buds.