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by dohnuts1919 1957 days ago
Fun fact: the Pioneer space probes included a plaque with some information about Earth and humanity, for the benefit of any extraterrestrial being that might find it one day, but the drawings of a naked man and woman didn't include any detail in the woman's pubic area (imagine a Barbie doll) because this was considered too obscene, apparently even for an alien:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque#Figures_of_a_ma...