Portal:Prostitution/DYK/8


 * ... 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?