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Rhea Perlman, diminutive Cheers bartendress (and queen of spades), has been caught cavorting with the seven-foot-seven Sudanese basketball star Manute Bol (seven of clubs) in a highly explicit (and in this case, anatomically improbable) two-digit act of congress (three of clubs). (For more, see here)
I've tried too many times to understand it, googled it and still don't understand fully this sentence.
This is a fairly thick pun. An "act of Congress" most commonly refers to a law passed by the legislative branch of the United States Government. Here though, it means a sexual activity ("sexual congress" is an old-fashioned name for sex).
The specific activity is probably mutual oral sex, for which "69" (a two-digit number) is common slang. This also explains the "anatomical improbability" since a large height difference between partners makes this activity more difficult.
Where on earth did you read this?
In this context 'act of congress' probably means some sort of sexual act, and digit would mean fingers.
Beyond that, as Newton said, I make no assumptions.
