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These are the different sets of Did You Know facts which appear on Portal:Prostitution.
![Dorsey's bordello](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dorsey_Sporting_House_winter.jpg/130px-Dorsey_Sporting_House_winter.jpg)
- ...that Ida Dorsey built the last standing bordello (pictured) from Minneapolis' three red-light districts?
- ...that Amsterdam's Prostitution Information Center provides the city's visitors with information and advice about prostitution?
- ...that because of an effort to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, prostitution in Germany has been legal since the 1920s?
- ...that the chrysargyron tax forced some Byzantine families to sell their children into slavery and prostitution?
![A Harlot's Progress](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Hogarth-Harlot-1.png/150px-Hogarth-Harlot-1.png)
- ...that renowned brothel-keeper Elizabeth Needham, depicted in William Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress (pictured), was pelted so severely in the pillory that she died 3 days later?
- ...that Tom Dennison got a mayor elected eight times, instigated a race riot and controlled all sale of liquor, gambling and prostitution during his 30+ year reign as Omaha's political boss?
- ...that the original name of Euphemia, empress consort of Justin I of the Byzantine Empire, was 'Lupicina', which led historian Alexander Vasiliev to associate her with she-wolves and prostitution?
- ...that in the days immediately following the revelation of her role in the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, the MySpace page of Ashley Alexandra Dupré was viewed over 9 million times?
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chatham_Garden_Theatre_exterior.png/150px-Chatham_Garden_Theatre_exterior.png)
- ...that the Chatham Garden Theatre in New York City (pictured) went from haven for prostitution to Presbyterian chapel in the span of one year?
- ... that Chains of Love was described as "televised prostitution"?
- ... that in March 1998, the Ontario Court of Justice ruled that being topless while one engages in a commercial purpose such as prostitution is illegal?
- ... that the first mass protests against prostitution of children were led by ECPAT in the 1990s?
![The tavern when it was first built in the 1640s](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Dog_and_Duck_tavern.jpg/150px-Dog_and_Duck_tavern.jpg)
- ... that the Dog and Duck (pictured) lost its licence after becoming "a house in which gangs of both whores and rogues were constantly associated"?
- ... that Gertrude Guillaume-Schack founded the German Cultural Association in 1880 to fight state-regulated prostitution?
- ... that the U.S. Travel Act prohibits interstate or foreign travel to promote, manage or commit extortion, bribery, prostitution and other crimes?
- ... that the children of Vietnamese prostitutes and American servicemembers from the Vietnam War were often forced into prostitution themselves?
![The Dumas Brothel in September 2000](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Dumas_Brothel%2C_Butte%2C_Montana.jpg/100px-Dumas_Brothel%2C_Butte%2C_Montana.jpg)
- ... that the Dumas Brothel (pictured), believed to be haunted, was the longest-operating brothel in the United States?
- ... that Gloucester, Massachusetts Mayor John S. Parsons led raids on the city's brothels while the City Marshal was otherwise engaged?
- ... that Dhalia won her Citra Award for Best Leading Actress for playing a prostitute despite having been sent to Islamic schools since youth?
- ... that Shackles was the first Indonesian novel to portray a prostitute sympathetically?
![Dorothy's fully preserved bathroom, note the double-wide bathtub](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Big_Dorothy_bathroom.jpg/150px-Big_Dorothy_bathroom.jpg)
- ... that a female state legislator proposed making Dorothy's Rooms (bathroom pictured), the last brothel in Helena, Montana, a historical landmark?
- ... that Three-Mile Hog Ranch was a center for prostitution for soldiers at Fort Laramie?
- ... that one of the duties of the medieval English justice Richard Herriard (d. 1208) was paying prostitutes for King John of England?
- ... that although known for their erotic protests, the Ukrainian women’s movement FEMEN is against legalizing prostitution?
![The Silver Cross Tavern](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Silver_Cross%2C_Trafalgar_Square%2C_SW1_%283386981339%29.jpg/150px-Silver_Cross%2C_Trafalgar_Square%2C_SW1_%283386981339%29.jpg)
- ... that the Silver Cross Tavern (pictured) is the United Kingdom's only legal brothel?
- ... that a documentary film by Ucu Agustin led to a prostitution district in Tulungagung, East Java, being shut down?
- ... that the 1886 novel Albertine (painting of a scene shown) expedited the abolition of public prostitution in Norway?
- ... that sex workers across the world have organised since the mid-1970s to demand sex workers’ rights, including the decriminalisation of prostitution and equal protection under the law?
- ... that between 1778 and 1801, Manor House, 21 Soho Square, London, (pictured) was a high-class magic brothel called The White House, described by Henry Mayhew as a "notorious place of ill-fame"?
- ... that the Admiral Apartments, built in 1909, had "sporting girls" (prostitutes) operating out of it by 1913?
- ... that at the town next to the Brazilian gold mine Serra Pelada, thousands of underage girls prostituted themselves for gold flakes while around 60–80 unsolved murders were registered every month?
- ... that the area around La Merced Market, Mexico City, is considered to be a "tolerance zone" for prostitution?
![The Medieval Merchant's house, Southampton](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Medieval_Merchant%27s_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166280.jpg/120px-Medieval_Merchant%27s_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166280.jpg)
- ... that the Medieval Merchant's House (pictured) in Southampton was being used as a brothel when bomb damage during the Blitz revealed the building's important medieval architecture?
- ...that Duxton Hill in Singapore used to be a notorious slum area with brothels, opium and gambling dens, but now belongs to a conservation area known as Tanjong Pagar?
- ... that the Lester Apartments in Seattle, originally intended to be the world's largest brothel, were destroyed when a B-50 Superfortress crashed into it in 1951?
- ... that the World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights, adopted in 1985, calls for the right to unemployment insurance and decriminalization of adult prostitution?
![A white calf in Rossetti's painting Found](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Found_rossetti_cropped.jpg/140px-Found_rossetti_cropped.jpg)
- ... that Rossetti's Found, a painting about prostitution, featured a white calf (detail pictured)?
- ... that Hacienda Arms on the Sunset Strip was the "most famous brothel in California" in the 1930s and now houses a celebrity-owned restaurant described by Newsweek as "so hip it hurts"?
- ... that the Louisiana sheriff Cat Doucet of St. Landry Parish apparently obtained his nickname from his practice of protecting illegal "cathouses," a slang term for brothels?
- ... that the original screenplay for A Life of Her Own was deemed "shocking and highly offensive" for its portrayal of "adultery and commercialized prostitution" and rejected by the Breen Office?
![A party of fashionably dressed young people is interrupted by intruders with masks and a lighted torch suggesting that these revels take place during Carnival. Well-bred young ladies did not join parties in public inns; these smiling women are prostitutes](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Simon_de_Vos_-_Merrymakers_in_an_Inn_-_Walters_371741.jpg/150px-Simon_de_Vos_-_Merrymakers_in_an_Inn_-_Walters_371741.jpg)
- ... that art historians often find it difficult to judge whether 17th-century merry company paintings (example illustrated) show scenes of prostitution?
- ... that Peg Plunkett, brothel keeper, had the leader of the Pinking Dindies gang sent to jail after she lost her baby?
- ... that clam juice and aspirin were served at the Everleigh Club brothel as a starter for breakfast, which began at 2:00 in the afternoon?
- ... that taekwondo practitioner Logan Campbell has opened a brothel to fund his bid to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
- ... that the brothel Bon Ton is described by BBC as "an ideal showcase for New Zealand-style liberalisation"?
![Astrid Stampe Feddersen](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Astrid_Stampe_Feddersen.jpg/110px-Astrid_Stampe_Feddersen.jpg)
- ... that Danish women's rights activist Astrid Stampe Feddersen (pictured) took part in the fight against prostitution and fought for greater equality between men and women, including unmarried women?
- ... that Andrés L. Mateo's novel, La balada de Alfonsina Bairán, is set in a brothel during the Rafael Trujillo regime?
- ...that, according to the martyrology, the early 4th century Christian martyr Aedesius of Alexandria was tortured and drowned for striking a judge who had been forcing consecrated virgins to work in brothels?
- ... that Colonia San Rafael in Mexico City is known for old mansions, theaters, and prostitution?
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Jack_Harris_Vaudeville_Theatre.jpg/150px-Jack_Harris_Vaudeville_Theatre.jpg)
- ... that San Antonio's Sporting District, (pictured) one of the largest red-light districts in the U.S. in the early 1900s, was so large that a tourist guide was published for visitors?
- ...that Matild Manukyan, a wealthy Turkish businesswoman of Armenian origin, made her fortune as a brothel owner?
- ...that loans made by Seattle brothel-owner Lou Graham saved some of the city's most prestigious families from bankruptcy after the Panic of 1893?
- ...that madame Anna Wilson, the "Queen of the Underworld" in early Omaha, Nebraska, bequeathed her 25-room brothel mansion to the city to use as an emergency hospital upon her death?
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Marthe_Richard_en_1915_%281%29.jpg/120px-Marthe_Richard_en_1915_%281%29.jpg)
- ...that Marthe Richard (pictured) was a former prostitute and spy who worked to make brothels illegal in France?
- ...that Duxton Hill in Singapore used to be a notorious slum area with brothels, opium and gambling dens, but now belongs to a conservation area known as Tanjong Pagar?
- ... that in 1861, brothel proprietor Ann Manley rescued part of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment after it was attacked by a mob in Baltimore?
- ... that Melahat Okuyan, a Turkish female microbiologist and AIDS activist, once proposed the establishment of male brothels for homosexuals and cross-dressers in order to improve public health?
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Edward_VII_caricature_hi.jpg/140px-Edward_VII_caricature_hi.jpg)
- ...that before becoming King of the United Kingdom, Edward VII was a frequent visitor to the luxurious Belle Époque brothel Le Chabanais in Paris (pictured) and had himself built a special "love seat" there?
- ... that the Bozeman Carnegie Library was intentionally built across from Bozeman, Montana's red-light district and opium dens?
- ... that Keong Saik Road in Chinatown, Singapore was formerly a red-light district in the 1960s but is now the site of many boutique hotels?
- ...that the Susukino district was established as a red-light district in Sapporo, Japan in 1871 to keep labourers in Hokkaidō?
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Sallysalisbury.jpg/110px-Sallysalisbury.jpg)
- ...that 18th century prostitute Sally Salisbury (pictured) was sent to prison after a riot but was released by a judge who was infatuated with her?
- ...that in the Sandeshkhali region of West Bengal more than 100 women get trafficked to red-light areas in Mumbai and Pune each year?
- ... that the five victims of the Ipswich serial murders are the subject of the 2010 BBC One drama serial Five Daughters?
- ...that 18th century brothel-keeper Jane Douglas sold condoms in silken bags to her customers?