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German prostitute
German prostitute

 • ... that because of an effort to curb the spread of STDs, prostitution in Germany has been legal since the 1920s? (German prostitute pictured)
 • ... that some people in the BDSM community are sexually aroused by being gagged? (ball gag pictured)
 • ... that a strap-on dildo (pictured) may be used by heterosexual couples for the sexual practice of pegging?
 • ... that the Exotic World Burlesque Museum is located on the site of an abandoned goat farm?
 • ... that the story of Sada Abe (pictured), a woman who cut off her dead lover's genitals and carried them around with her for days, is one of Japan's most notorious scandals?

2004-2005

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Luigi Ponelato, Il cicisbeo, etching, 1790
Luigi Ponelato, Il cicisbeo, etching, 1790
Rosemarie Nitribitt grave
Rosemarie Nitribitt grave

January-June 2006

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The Washington Court Building in Seattle, former site of Lou Graham's brothel.
The Washington Court Building in Seattle, former site of Lou Graham's brothel.
Sestre
Sestre
Monument to Mother Featherlegs near Lusk, Wyoming
Monument to Mother Featherlegs near Lusk, Wyoming

July-December 2006

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Elizabeth Needham (right foreground) as portrayed in William Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress
Elizabeth Needham (right foreground) as portrayed in William Hogarth's A Harlot's Progress

January - March 2007

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April - July 2007

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Au Salon de la rue des Moulins, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Au Salon de la rue des Moulins, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Catherine Grand
Catherine Grand

 • ... that the French lawyer and historian Nicolas Chorier was also a writer of erotic fiction (work pictured)?
 • ... that Charles de Talleyrand described his wife, Catherine Grand (pictured), as "an Indian, very beautiful, very lazy, the most idle woman he had ever known"?
 • ... that before becoming King of the United Kingdom, Edward VII was a frequent visitor to the luxurious Belle Époque brothel Le Chabanais in Paris and had himself built a special "love seat" there? (painting of Le Chabanais by Toulouse-Lautrec pictured)
 • ... that some birds, including flamingos, display homosexual behavior?
 • ... that more than 200 species of mammals display homosexual behavior including oral sex, genital stimulation, and urolagnia?
 • ... that the erotic depiction on the Oinochoe (pictured) by the Shuvalov Painter is one of the most frequently illustrated works of Greek vase painting?

August - December 2007

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January - June 2008

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Portal:Human sexuality/Did you know/8

July - December 2008

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Portal:Human sexuality/Did you know/9

Pandharpur temple
Pandharpur temple

January - July 2009

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August - December 2009

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Portal:Human sexuality/Did you know/11

January - February 2010

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March - August 2010

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spooning
spooning

September - December 2010

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January - June 2011

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Sigurður Hjartarson
Sigurður Hjartarson
Rihanna in early 2012
Rihanna in early 2012

July - December 2011

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Ayu Utami
Ayu Utami

January/February 2012

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Nudes-A-Poppin oil wrestling contestant
Nudes-A-Poppin oil wrestling contestant

March/April 2012

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Statue at Haesindang Park
Statue at Haesindang Park
Two women wearing Chonga style clothes and accessories.
Two women wearing Chonga style clothes and accessories.

May - December 2012

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Fanny Murray
Fanny Murray

January - March 2013

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April - December 2013

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January - June 2014

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  • ... that the popular Thai teen drama Hormones: The Series courted controversy for scenes featuring students attempting to have sex in a school classroom?
  • ... that the Australian hit song "Polyester Girl" is about a man "pledging fidelity to a sex doll"?

July/August 2014

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