... that Ayu Utami's (pictured) 1998 novel Saman launched an Indonesian literary movement focusing on women's views of sexuality?
... that the children of Vietnamese prostitutes and American servicemembers from the Vietnam War were often forced into prostitution themselves?
... that Rihanna's "Birthday Cake", said to resemble a real-life quickie, lasts just 78 seconds?
... that Photo Bits, a British soft porn magazine published from 1898 to 1914, was the first pin-up magazine in the United Kingdom?
... that A Free Ride (credits pictured) is considered to be the earliest surviving American hardcore pornographic film?

January/February 2012