Jonah Falcon came to international attention in 1999 because of his claim that he has the largest penis in the world, which he claims is 13.5 inches long when erect; Falcon has not authorized or permitted independent verification of this figure.
18 Facts About Jonah Falcon
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Jonah Adam Julio Cardeli Falcon was born at Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn to Cecilia Cardeli, an accountant's clerk, and Joe Falcon, a sailor who died two years after Falcon's birth.
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Jonah Falcon has at times claimed that his biological father was porn star John Holmes, who was famous for the size of his penis.
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Jonah Falcon has claimed to have documentation proving this lineage, but family members have dismissed this claim and he has failed to produce any evidence.
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At age twelve, Jonah Falcon enrolled at an East Harlem school.
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Jonah Falcon later enrolled at the Bronx High School of Science, and graduated in 1988.
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Jonah Falcon is said to have had up to 1,500 dates by the time he was 25 and 3,000 by age 29, most of whom were females.
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Jonah Falcon's show was relentlessly prank-called by Sal Governale and Richard Christy of The Howard Stern Show.
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When Jonah Falcon appeared on The Daily Show on March 2,2010, Samantha Bee attempted to convince Jonah Falcon to enter the pornography industry.
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Jonah Falcon refused, saying it would be "just the easy way out" and that he wished to pursue a more decent acting career.
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Jonah Falcon appeared in an uncredited role as a mental patient in the 2001 feature film A Beautiful Mind.
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Jonah Falcon gained media attention after appearing in the 1999 HBO documentary Private Dicks: Men Exposed, in which 25 males were interviewed in the nude about their penises.
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In January 2006, Jonah Falcon appeared in a documentary by UK Channel 4 called The World's Biggest Penis.
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Jonah Falcon appeared on The Daily Show on March 2,2010, and stated that he can completely envelop a doorknob with his foreskin.
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On July 9,2012, Jonah Falcon said he was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers in the San Francisco International Airport, due to the large bulge in his pants.
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In 2014, Jonah Falcon agreed to donate his penis to the Icelandic Phallological Museum after his death.
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Jonah Falcon is an only child and grew up in a four-story house in Brooklyn with a large extended family including cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents.
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Jonah Falcon lived with his grandmother in Puerto Rico for three years between the age of six and nine before moving back to New York City.