- ... 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?