Just what was happening on January 8th in Europe that involved mature sperm?

I was browsing through Google Analytics for my Etsy shop today and noticed an unbelievable spike in traffic on January 8th. I had 234 visits on that day alone, the highest single day's traffic I've ever experienced.

The higher traffic trend continued for about 10 days, though at a lower level of 75 to 90 visits per day, until it dropped back to a more typical 20 visits per day around January 19th.

When I dug into the data, I discovered the vast majority of traffic was landing on one particular item, Sperm No. 2, a sterling silver sperm pendant strung on a black cord. And almost all the traffic was coming from organic Google searches for the term "mature sperm"; both words are part of the necklace's title and description.

On January 8, about two-thirds of the views came from four small European countries -- Italy (75) -- mostly from Milan and Rome -- and then from Poland (35), Germany (29) and Bulgaria (22). The US came in fifth with a mere 18 views and France right behind with 17.


What the heck was going on in Europe on January 8th that involved mature sperm??? Anyone? Bueller? 

I attempted a Google search, but mostly came up with references to porn sites, sperm whales, and sperm banking, none of which seemed to be a likely source! And since I don't read or speak Italian, Polish, German or Bulgarian, I didn't bother to check out the websites for the major media outlets in those countries either.

In the month of January, this one page accumulated 989 views - which accounts for 41% of all page views for my entire shop AND blog combined all month. Sadly, even with almost 1000 views, no one bought the @&%$! necklace! I did sell one of my vulva pendants to someone in Australia in that time though, but I really don't think there is any correlation.

If any of my readers can shed any light on the why there is such interest in mature sperm in Europe during January, it would go a long way towards solving this quirky little mystery!