Five amazing facts about living in space

Find out some interesting facts about how astronauts have to adapt to life in space.

by Jonathan O'Callaghan,

1. Preparation for a space for a spacewalk takes hours

Astronauts don their spacesuits hours before going on a spacewalk, during which time they breathe pure oxygen in preparation for the activity.

2. You see a sunrise every 90 minutes

The International Space Station orbits the Earth at about 17,000mph (27,000kph). This means astronauts aboard the ISS see the Sun rise and set every 90 minutes. However, their clocks run to UTC and they work 9-5, just like on Earth, to keep their days ordered.

3. You must sleep next to a fan

Good ventilation is vital for sleeping astronauts, as warm air does not dissipate in space. Instead, it forms a bubble of carbon dioxide around them and, eventually, they’d run out of breathable oxygen.

4. The heart takes a breather

Due to the low gravity, the heart has a far easier time of pumping blood around the body in space than it does on Earth. This can be dangerous, as it gradually pumps less and less and becomes weaker, so astronauts must exercise for several hours a day to keep it working hard.

5. You’ll drop things back on Earth

Several astronauts have reported that when they come back to Earth they inadvertently drop objects like cups. This is because they’re so used to the weightless environment in space.

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Crazy laws around the world

SOME wise man once said that laws are made to be broken. This shouldn’t be the case as laws are meant to be followed to bring order in society.

However, sometimes some laws are really ridiculous and so bizarre that when they are followed, one wonders why they were not broken or changed!

Here we have put together some pretty weird laws from around the world that make little sense — both to lawmakers and lawbreakers. We are pretty sure that many of them must have been changed by now and we don’t doubt that some of them are just urban legends, but still they are interesting enough to share with you.

So enjoy reading about these ridiculous rules, but don’t try to take them too seriously as laws keeps changing all the time. Well, some of these should!

It’s a weird world

• In Bermuda, up until 1948, all private cars were banned.

• At one time it was against the law to slam car doors in Switzerland.

• In Canada, by law, one out of every five songs on the radio must be sung by a Canadian.

• In Germany, it is illegal to stop on an autobahn (expressway). It is also illegal to run out of gas on an autobahn.

• In Victoria, Australia, only a licensed electrician is allowed to change a light bulb.

• In Victoria Australia it is forbidden to wear pink hot pants after mid-day on a Sunday.

• In Thailand it is illegal to step on money because it has the image of the king on it and stepping on it signifies disrespect.

• In Portugal, it’s against the law to pee in the ocean.

• Chewing gum is illegal in Singapore.

• In Paraguay, duelling is legal just as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

• In Milan, Italy, there is a law that requires citizens to smile at all times or risk a hefty fine. The only exceptions are visiting hospitals and funerals.

• Until 1984 Belgians were made to choose their children’s names from a list of 1500 drawn up in the days of Napoleon.

• In Romania, in 1935, Mickey Mouse was banned because the authorities thought that the sight of a 10ft high rodent on screen would terrify the nation's children.

• Donald Duck comics were once banned in Finland because he never wore pants.

• In Turkey, it is illegal for a man above 80 years to become a pilot.

• In France, it is against the law to sell an E.T doll. They have a law forbidding the sale of dolls that do not have human faces.

• In July 2013 a law was passed in China that states it is illegal for adult children to not visit their parents “often” in China. They are also required to attend to their parent’s spiritual needs.

• In France, it is stated as illegal to marry a dead person.

Only in the USA

• In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

• In Providence, Rhode Island, it is illegal for shop owners to sell toothpaste and toothbrushes to the same customer on a Sunday.

• In Maryland, it is illegal for radio stations to play Randy Newman's song ‘Short people’.

• In Texas, criminals were required to give their victims at least 24 hours oral or written notice giving details of the crime they are about to commit.

• In Washington, it is an offence to pretend that you have rich parents.

• In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry and ice cream cone in your pocket.

• In Louisiana, if you bite someone with your own teeth it is classed as ‘Simple assault’ but if you bite someone with your dentures it is classed as ‘aggravated assault’.

• In Massachusetts, it is illegal for mourners to eat no more than three sandwiches at a wake (a vigil beside someone who has died).

• In Indiana, USA, during the 1950s, all Robin Hood films were banned because authorities thought that robbing the rich to give to the poor was an act of communism.

• In Arizona, when being attacked by a criminal or burglar you may only defend yourself with a weapon that is the same as is being used against yourself.

• In Salt Lake County, Utah, it’s illegal to walk down the street carrying a violin in a paper bag.

• In California, women cannot drive in a house coat.

• In California, police can arrest you if you shoot any animal from a moving vehicle except a whale.

• In Alaska, it is illegal to wake a sleeping bear to take its photograph.

• In California it is illegal for a vehicle without a driver to exceed 60 miles per hour.

• In Tennessee, you are breaking the law if you drive while sleeping.

• In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is: Death.

• In Danville, Pennsylvania, all fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.

• In Florida, it is illegal to fart in a public place after 6pm on Thursdays.

• In Indiana, it’s against the law to dress Barbie in Ken’s clothes.

• In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.

• In International Falls, Minnesota, you can be fined if you let your dog chase a cat up a telegraph pole.

• In Texas, if you are going to commit a crime, you legally have to give 24 hours notice to the police.

• In California, it is illegal to keep a child from playing in puddles of water.

• In Chicago, it is illegal for anyone to eat in a place that is on fire.

• In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.

• In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.

• In New York City it is illegal to honk your horn. If you do, you’re at risk of paying $350 fine.

• In Miami, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.

• In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.

• In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to tie a dollar bill to a string on the ground and pull it away when someone tries to pick it up.

• In Colorado it is illegal to collect rainwater. Apparently farmers and landowners are being punished for this.

Interestingly English

• It England, it is illegal for a cab in the city of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

• It England, it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

• It England, it is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.

• Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.

• In Britain, in 1888, a law was passed which stated that every cyclist had to constantly ring the bell on his bicycle non-stop while the machine was moving.

• In England, in 1865, a law was passed stating that any self-propelled carriage on an English highway had to have a crew of three, one of whom had to walk in front of the carriage with a red flag to warn horse drawn vehicles of its approach.

• In Britain, it is illegal to import potatoes into England or Wales if you have reasonable cause to believe that they are Polish.

Long, long ago…

• In ancient Sparta, men were required by law to eat at least two pounds of meat every day. This was supposed to make them brave.

• In Rome, 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar banned chariots from the centre of Rome to ease congestion.

Animal injunctions

• In Basle, Switzerland, in 1471, a cockerel was found guilty in a court of law for laying an egg “In defiance of natural law”. The bird was then burnt at the stake as a “Devil in disguise”.

• In Stelvio, Italy, in 1519, a court issued a warrant for the arrest of a gang of moles that had severely damaged crops. The moles were summoned to court but when they failed to appear they were sentenced to exile.

• In Munster, in 1670, the courts banished a plague of fleas from the city, prohibiting them from returning for ten years.

• In Seville, Spain, in 1983, an Alsatian dog was arrested for snatching handbags from shoppers.

• In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

• In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to ‘own’ a pet — the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely ‘pet minders’.

• The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset!

• In Oklahoma, USA, it is illegal to make faces at a dog, a crime that could result in a prison sentence.

• In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, it is an offence to take a lion into a cinema.

• In Miami, Florida, USA, it is illegal for anyone to imitate an animal.

• In International Falls, Minnesota, USA, it is against the law for a dog to chase a cat up a telegraph pole and dog owners can be fined for this.

• The bloodhound is the only animal in the world whose evidence is admissible in court.

• In Iceland it was once against the law to own a pet dog.

• In Australia, it’s illegal to name any animal you plan to eat.

• In Oklahoma, it is against the law to have a sleeping donkey in your bathtub after 7pm.

• In Texas, it is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.

• In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limit.

• In British Columbia, it is illegal to kill a Sasquatch or Bigfoot if one is ever found.

• In Missouri it is illegal to drive with an un-caged bear

• In Turin, Italy, dog owners must take their dogs on a walk at least three times a day.

• In Lancashire, UK, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Interesting and note-worthy facts about the human body

THE BRAIN

• Crossing your arms can reduce pain by confusing your brain.
• People generally read from paper 25% faster than from a computer monitor.
• Once we reach the age of 35, we will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells each day—cells that will never be replaced
• Your brain is about 2% of your total body weight but uses 20% of your all your body's oxygen and calories.
• The average human dream lasts only two to three seconds and the average person has at least seven dreams a night. People with higher IQs have more dreams.
• Shoes are now available with a built-in GPS to help locate people with Alzheimer's or other dementia who have wandered away.

STAYING HEALTHY

• Some dogs can detect early-stage lung cancer in people based solely on their sense of smell.
• Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress.
• Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer somewhere in the world.
• The electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as possibly carcinogenic to humans.
• In some Asian and African countries, 80% of the population depends on traditional medicine for primary health care.
• The hepatitis B virus is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV.
• Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people, aged 15–29 years.
• Tobacco kills up to half of its users.
• A needle-free, “nanopatch” vaccine delivery system is being developed that could eliminate the need for shots.

HAIR & SKIN

• The main purpose of eyebrows is to keep sweat out of the eyes.
• Female hair grows more slowly than male hair.
• Humans have about the same number of hair follicles as a chimpanzee has.
• Hair will fall out faster on a person who is on a crash diet.
• Eyebrow hair lasts between 3-5 months before it sheds and an eyelash has a lifespan of about 150 days.
• Every half square inch of the human skin has about 100 sweat glands, 10 hairs, 15 sebaceous glands, and just under a meter of blood vessels.
• The average adult skin has an area of about 2 square meters and weighs about 2.5 to 4 kilograms. The entire skin system has about 17 kilometers of blood vessels and 72 kilometers of nerves.
• The skin constantly renews itself every 27 or 28 days for a total of 1,000 new “suits” of skin in an average lifetime.

THE HEART & BLOOD

• Blood is about 78% water.
• The human heart weighs less than 454 grams.
• The longer the ring finger is in males, the less chance they have of having a heart attack.
• The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women who snore regularly compared to women who do not snore.
• Warfarin, used to clot blood and to prevent blood clots from moving, is the most widely used anticoagulant in North America, but it was originally developed as a pesticide against rodents and it is still available for that purpose.
• People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of getting a blood clot in the brain.

HISTORY

• New anti-malarial drugs were developed from a plant that been used medicinally in China for almost 2000 years.
• In ancient Egypt, medical institutions were called "Houses of Life."
• Tibetan anatomists counted a total of 360 bones in an adult human body, while Western medical books say 206, because they considered cartilage, fingernails, and toenails as bones.
• Mustargen (nitrogen mustard) is a poisonous gas and blistering agent once used in chemical warfare that is also used as a powerful anticancer drug.
• Botox was discovered in the fat of spoiled pork and was called botulism by the doctor who figured out a medicinal use for it. In the 1960's it was used to correct cross-eyed syndrome.
• The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy.
• In the early 19th century some people believed that riding a carousel was good for blood circulation.

EATING & OVEREATING

• It takes your food about seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
• The human liver performs over 500 functions.
• Overeating reduces your ability to hear.
• The CDC reports that more people are overweight than underweight worldwide.
• Annual flu shots may be less effective for obese people.
• You will die from a lack of sleep before you will die from a lack of food.

CHILDREN

• Over one third of all child deaths worldwide are linked to malnutrition.
• Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
• Babies are born color-blind.
• Babies' eyes do not produce tears until they are approximately six to eight weeks old.
• Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide– more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
• Your brain changes shape during puberty.

REPRODUCTION

• 10% of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
• The earliest documented occurrence of a fetus yawning is at eleven weeks after conception.
• During a normal pregnancy, the average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size.
• 99% of all maternal deaths (death from childbirth) occur in developing countries.
• Women who smoke take longer to conceive, suffer from infertility at higher rates, and have higher rates of miscarriage.
• Babies hiccup while still in the womb because the respiratory center of a developing child’s brain works just like that of an adult, even though they are not yet breathing air.

SENSES

• Our eyes can distinguish up to one million color surfaces and take in more information than the largest telescope known to man.
• Half of all cases of deafness and hearing impairment worldwide could be avoided by prevention, early diagnoses, and proper treatment.
• A scent membrane in a human’s nose is about the size of a postage stamp. A dog’s is about the size of a handkerchief.
• About 80% of all visual impairments worldwide could be avoided or cured.
• The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.
• Under the right conditions, the human eye can see candlelight from 22 kilometers away.
• The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.

MUSCLES & BONES

• The only bone not connected to another is the hyoid, found under the chin and at the base of the tongue.
• The only bone fully grown at birth is located in the ear.
• The human face is made up of 14 bones.
• The strongest bone in your body is hollow (the femur).
• You use up to 200 muscles to take a step.
• The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.

TEETH

• Your teeth started to grow as early as six months before you were born.
• People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack.
• Smokers are twice as likely to lose teeth as nonsmokers.
• A pregnant woman's dental health can affect her unborn child.
• Some brands of toothpaste contain an ingredient found in antifreeze (glycerin or glycerol).

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67 Ridiculous Laws From Around The World That Still Actually Exist

Mercury in retrograde? How about laws in retrograde. For reasons unknown, these laws are still in place.

1. In seven U.S. states, according to their constitutions, atheists are barred from holding public office.

2. Sodomy is illegal, in general, in Idaho, Utah, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. In these states, sodomy is only illegal for homosexuals: Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Oral sex is often considered sodomy by many states, according to the Hebrew Bible. Except strangely, you don’t see people as equally outraged about this as they are about gay sex.

3. Interracial marriage was still illegal in Alabama in 2000.

4. Not until 2008 did the UN Security Council pass UN Security Council Resolution No. 1820 which declared rape and other forms of sexual violence a war crime, a crime against humanity, and a constitutive act with respect to genocide, arising from the conflict in the Balkans, in which violating women became an conspicuous weapon in the war.

5. Since 1986, US authorities have had the legal right to access any 180-day old email, without a warrant.

6. In Mobile, Alabama, it is against the law to throw confetti or spray silly string.

7. In Saudi Arabia, it is illegal for any woman to drive a car. Right now, it’s illegal for them to vote too. Apparently it will become legal in 2015 (how sweet).

8. In Dubai, extramarital sex is against the law and could result in jail sentences for over a year. Which means that in rape cases, both the victim and the perpetrator could end up being charged with the same crime.

9. In Saudi Arabia, there is no minimum age for marriage. In 2008, a Saudi court refused an 8-year-old girl, who asked for a divorce from her 58-year-old husband.

10. In 29 states in the US it is legal to fire someone for being gay.

11. In Greece, police are allowed to arrest anyone suspected of having HIV. Police are also allowed to force HIV testing, to publicize the names of HIV-positive people and to have them evicted from their homes.

12. In the Philippines you can be charged with the crime of “unjust vexation” for doing just that, vexing someone. And yes, it is as vague and arbitrary as it sounds.

13. The only two states where divorce is illegal are the Philippines and The Vatican.

14. In Thailand it is illegal to step on money.

15. In Singapore, selling non-medical chewing gum or chewing normal gum is a fine of $1000. A second offense costs $2000 and being forced to clean a public area of the city for a day. If a person litters three times, they must clean the streets wearing a bib that reads “I’m a litterer.” Even pharmacists who sell the medical gum and forget to ID get two years in jail. Spitting is also illegal and can result in arrest.

16. In July 2013 a law was passed in China that states it is illegal for adult children to not visit their parents “often” in China. They are also required to attend to their parent’s spiritual needs.

17. There is a law in South Carolina called the no “mock proposal” law, which states that anybody above the age of 16-years-old is not allowed to perform a proposal if they do not mean it.

18. In Montana, “proxy weddings” are allowed for those serving in the military, which means a friend can pretend to be the groom or the bride and the union will still be considered valid. In some cases both the bride and the groom are absent.

19. In Arkansas there still exists a law that was instated in the 1800s that states a husband is allowed to beat his wife, but only once a month.

20. In Rhode Island, a union can be considered invalid under the grounds that the party is deemed to be, collectively, an idiot or a lunatic.

21. In Arizona, having more than two vibrators in your home is illegal. If you own more than two in your house, you can be subject to criminal possession.

22. In Iowa, it is illegal for a man with a mustache to kiss a woman in public.

23. In Massachusetts it is deemed illegal for a woman to be on top during sex.

24. It is also apparently illegal in Massachusetts for a man and a woman who rent a room for the night to sleep in the nude.

25. In Virginia, it is illegal for a man to kick a woman out of bed.

26. In Britain it is illegal to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances.

27. In Vermont, a wife needs the husband’s permission to wear false teeth.

28. In North Carolina couples must have sex in the missionary position and with the curtains pulled.

29. In Britain, it is illegal to import potatoes into England or Wales if you have reasonable cause to believe that they are Polish.

30. In Oregon, talking dirty while having sex is illegal. Even though they don’t really specify what qualifies as dirty talk.

31. In Utah you can marry your cousin, but only if you are both over the age of 65. Because, you know, when you turn 65 you’re known to have impeccable judgment.

32. In Britain you are not allowed to let your pet mate with any pet form the royal house.

33. In Utah, a husband is responsible for his wife’s actions as long as he is with her at the time of her “actions.”

34. In Kentucky, a woman cannot remarry the same man more than three times.

35. In parts of India, a man who is in debt can offer up his wife until the debt is paid.

36. In Greece, if anyone wants to get married, the law requires those to publish their wedding notice in a newspaper (written in Greek) or on the City Hall notice board.

37. In France, it is stated as illegal to marry a dead person.

38. In Britain, it is illegal to carry a plank along the pavement.

39. In Hong Kong, there’s a law that allows a wife to kill her husband if she finds him cheating. However, she must kill him with her bare hands.

40. In Britain it is illegal to operate a cow while intoxicated.

41. In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to tie a dollar bill to a string on the ground and pull it away when someone tries to pick it up.

42. In New York City it is illegal to honk your horn. If you do, you’re at risk of paying $350 fine.

43. In Florida, it’s illegal to fart in a public place after 6pm on a Thursday.

44. In England it is illegal to die in the House Of Parliament, but something tells me that if someone did do this, they wouldn’t face many repercussions?

45. By law, any whale or great Sturgeon caught in the UK is the property of the Queen.

46. In Samoa it is illegal to forget your wife’s birthday.

47. In Britain, oddly enough it is illegal to be drunk in the pub.

48. In Missouri it is illegal to drive with an uncaged bear

49. In Turin, Italy, dog owners must take their dogs on a walk at least three times a day.

50. In Honolulu, Hawaii it is illegal to sing loudly after sunset.

51. In Sweden it is illegal to be found buying the services of a prostitute, even though prostitution is legal. Which means the prostitutes themselves would not be breaking the law. In the past few years Iceland and Norway have also adopted this law.

52. In Victoria, Australia, it is illegal to change a light bulb 

unless you’re a licensed electrician.

53. In the UK, a law still exists from the Middle Ages that requires all males over the age of 14 to be trained in shooting a long bow.

54. Bangladeshi children of 15 and older can be sent to jail for cheating on their final exams.

55. In Australia, men are free to cross-dress, just as long as their dresses are not strapless.

56. In Florida it is illegal for a divorced or a widowed woman to skydive on a Sunday afternoon.

57. In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush a toilet after 10pm. This one confounds me.

58. In Canada, any comic book that portrays illegal activity is banned.

59. In Argentina, there is a law that states that Argentine nightclubs must play the same amount of tango music as all other forms of music combined.

60. In China, it is a law that a person must be intelligent to go to college.

61. Married New Yorkers cannot get divorced on grounds of irreconcilable differences unless both marriage partners agree on those grounds.

62. In Tennessee it is legal to carry a loaded firearm into a bar. Seems safe.

63. In Norway, there is a law that protects all female dogs and cats from being spayed. Only male dogs and cats can be neutered. Also, an ancient Norwegian law still still exists that obliges all Norwegians to go out on expeditions to rape and plunder at least once every five years.

64. In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon. Apparently this is a slight to the great French general and emperor.

65. In Britain it is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the monarch’s head upside down on an envelope.

66. In Russia, Vladimir Putin just recently made it illegal to tell kids that gay people exist.

67. In Colorado it is illegal to collect rainwater. Apparently farmers and landowners are being punished for this.

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17 Little-Known Facts About The Porn Industry

I recently finished a 6-month foray into Brooklyn’s porn industry—the result of which you can read here. To say that I began my investigation as a noob would be putting it lightly; prior to researching, the only porn I knew of were the explicit and detailed sex scenes in Roberto Bolaño’s novel The Savage Detectives. Now, you can’t even pop into my apartment for a quick hello without having the Chasing Milf Booty DVD shoved in your face—”I don’t know, man, to each is own, but do these look like MILFs to you?!” In hindsight, the fact that visions of cavernous vaginas now regularly appear in my dreams seems worth it, given all that I’ve learned.

1. Before researching, if you mentioned ace of spades, one thing came to my mind, and one thing only: the lucky beginner in a game of BS. Now I know that it also denotes a black man who only has sex with white women.

2. The average rate for a male porn star doing straight porn is $500 to $600. Gay porn will pay three times that amount.

3. Since male porn performers get paid significantly more for doing gay porn, many straight men will now do gay porn for the money. Hence the term, gay for pay. The real gay porn performers out there typically hate this trend and dread the day when they are paired up with such a man.

4. Just as men get paid more for doing gay porn, so do women. And apparently the one distinctive feature that will indicate whether a woman is truly a lesbian is her nails. A bona fide lesbian will know to snip her nails before fingering another girl.

5. Those with fart fetishes, fret no more! There is a porn farting series out there, produced by Lucas Entertainment.

6. It is extremely unlikely for a porn star to contract AIDs or HIV while doing porn. The industry is meticulously regulated, and the rare instances when performers do contract diseases are typically a result of carelessly expanding their promiscuity to include people outside of the industry.

7. There’s a porn star out there named Moe the Monster who was Brooklyn-based until about three months ago. Moe’s career kicked off after he made a porno on the A train. He told me it made for an awkward Thanksgiving. Sigh.

8. There exists a man who resides in Brooklyn and goes by the name of Porno Jim. He holds monthly shows in Manhattan called The Porno Jim Show, the purpose of which is to help people find the right porn for them. God bless him!

9. Not only is there a porn industry in Brooklyn, but there also exists a porn union. The members are black male talent, who specialize in interracial porn. Common amongst the members are a flair for, what they refer to as MILFs. In Los Angeles, what with all of the porn production companies and adult talent agencies, such a union could never exist.

10. There’s a Reno 911! porn parody entitled Reno 911 XXX and it’s awesome. Incidentally, one can be nominated for an AVN award based purely on their acting skills in a porn movie. Dan Reilly is one such man — he appeared in over 100 porn movies and did not have to have sex or take off any clothes for one of them — and was nominated for a Best Actor AVN Award for his role in Reno 911 XXX. He played Terry.

11. There is a Captain America porn parody brilliantly titledCaptain America XXX — which, incidentally, was released before the actual Captain America movie. Rob Black, the producer, insisted on having a Hitler character, a Sarah Palin character, and using real SS uniforms complete with accurate swastika badges and SS badges. In the movie, Red Skull — complete with his characteristic skull demon face — uses Sarah Palin as part of his fascist agenda and, in on scene, has sex with Sarah Palin in his cave-like lair, enveloped in dry ice. That is all.

12. Ben English (aka Derek Hay), the founder and owner of LA Direct, one of the leading adult talent agencies in Los Angeles, actually has another, lesser known, and much more lucrative endeavor. He runs a worldwide network of hookers (for lack of a better word) that services Sultans of Dubai, and suchlike powerful figures. Porn is his cover.

13. Rob Black wholeheartedly, and with zero trace of irony, refers to women as animals. In other words, a guy you’d like to bring home to the fam!

14. Joanna Angel, the founder of the alternative porn website Burning Angel, directs every single video that goes up on her website.

15. A good deal of male porn performers use Caverject — a drug that they inject straight into their penis to perpetuate and maintain an erection.

16. In the United States, the making of or acting in porn is only legal in Los Angeles and New Hampshire.

17. François Sagat, the renowned French gay porn star, used to be Carine Roitfeld’s assistant.

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