Potpourri

June, 1998

Bizarro SexDid you know that see-through togas were not unusual in ancient Greece and Rome? Or that there was a brothel called the Nymphia operating in San Francisco in the late 19th century? It resembled an army barracks and housed as many as 450 girls advertised as "nymphomaniacs." These and 2998 other "strange but true tales from around the world" are found in The Sex Chronicles by Lance Rancier, published by GPG. "Curious sexual occurrences," "sex and money...

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