Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
Since the Roman Empire, government has sought to tax your poops. It took four high school students to stand up to this turd tyranny.
Since the Roman Empire, government has sought to tax your poops. It took four high school students to stand up to this turd tyranny.
To be an endurance runner is to leave a trail of sacrifice behind you. Here's why marathoners sometimes get off to a runny start.
The science experiment was made possible by red lipstick, white paper, and a high tolerance for looking at cat buttholes.
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Slow clap for sea cucumbers, whose excretory achievements could help slow climate change damage to the Great Barrier Reef.
Unless you would feel comfortable licking your roof, you should not treat icicles as if they were popsicles.
Learn the difference between male and female turkey poop if you need a gross Thanksgiving conversation topic.
NASA's new-and-improved space toilet has a redesigned seat that should be more accommodating to female astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
How far would you go for a cheap joke? One guy cycled 69 miles a day for over a month. But he had reasons beyond a punchline.
Cows can digest tough materials much better than humans, which is a testament to the near-indestructibility of corn.
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Winners of NASA's Lunar Loo Challenge will receive thousands of dollars for designing toilets that works as well on the moon as they do in microgravity.
No residents or park employees have tested positive for the virus, but according to recent a analysis of its sewage, COVID-19 is present in Yosemite.
Toilets have always sent contaminants into the air, but the coronavirus pandemic is giving new urgency to the practice of closing the lid whenever possible.
While it can sometimes be embarrassing, farting is a perfectly natural—albeit not always pleasant—part of the human experience.
When it breaks down, poop from king penguins releases nitrous oxide—a gas that affects both the environment and the scientists who study it.
Explore a 3D-model of a lizard's record-setting poop, formed by its taste for pizza grease, that will haunt the halls of eternity.
Late-night host Johnny Carson thought he was making an innocent joke about a shortage of toilet paper. Then the panic buying began.
After decades of development and $200 million spent, Procter & Gamble thought they had the perfect snack food additive with olestra. Too bad it caused "rectal urgency."
Consumers are used to options, but with toilet paper, it's white or nothing. The reason why is a little messy.
Sloths can take as long as one minute to move just 12 inches. It seems like a chill existence, until you consider what a glacial pace means for their pooping habits.