Excrement
Human waste explodes from kitchen wall
For years the Carlone family of Cleveland had been bothered by a foul smell in their kitchen. Nothing they did could get rid of it. Then they noticed their kitchen wall starting to bulge, until finally, on August 21, 1972, the wall exploded and covered them with 40 gallons of sewage.It turned out that eight years earlier a technician from the phone company had accidentally drilled a hole through the sewer pipe, causing raw sewage to seep out into the wall cavity. Until it all eventually exploded.
It was reported that the Carlones sued the phone company, but I couldn't find any follow-up reports about their suit.
It amazes me that they had been living with the smell for eight years, and it apparently never occurred to them that it might be related to the sewer pipe in the wall.
Tampa Tribune - Oct 19, 1975
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 23, 2019 -
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Category: Excrement, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #397
I detect the influence of A Charlie Brown Christmas on this unlikely morality play.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 24, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, Excrement, Dogs, 1960s
The smell of dead rabbits
Weird science: Spanish researchers have determined that rabbits can differentiate between the poop of predators that have eaten rabbits and those that haven't. From New Scientist:There were fewer pellets in the plots sprayed with rabbit-based scat odour than in those sprayed with the beef-based scat odour, suggesting the rabbits were avoiding places where it appeared other rabbits were being eaten.
I assume this means that some researcher had to search around in a field every day to count rabbit pellets.
The journal article: Acta Ethologica
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 13, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Science, Excrement
Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back
Paean to an outhouse.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 11, 2018 -
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Category: Architecture, Domestic, Music, Excrement, 1960s
Glow Bowl Fresh
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 17, 2018 -
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Category: Bathrooms, Hygiene, Body Fluids, Excrement, Chindogu
Chicken Diapers
Julie Baker, owner of Pampered Poultry, is cashing in on the recent fad for keeping chickens as pets. She's selling 500 to 1000 "chicken diapers" every month, for $18 a piece. More info at The Outline:
(Thanks to Gerald Sacks for the link!)
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 10, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Fashion, Excrement
Dung Lung
Death by breathing in dung fumes. It doesn't sound like a pleasant way to go, though perhaps not the worst since apparently before it kills you it paralyzes your sense of smell. But it's definitely a weird way to die.
“Agricultural Disorders of the Lung,” RadioGraphics (1991); 11:625-634.
Mansfield News-Journal - Sep 24, 1982
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 09, 2018 -
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Category: Death, Health, Excrement
Unko Button
New from Japan, the Unko Button. It's a gadget that lets you post on social media about your baby's bowel movements with just a push of a button. It's got two buttons. One for poo, the other for pee.More info: RocketNews24
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 30, 2017 -
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Category: Inventions, Body Fluids, Excrement
Woman trapped retrieving poo
BBC News headline: Woman trapped in window while trying to retrieve pooImpressively, the headline delivers exactly what it promises. It was her own poo she was after, having flung it because it "would not flush" and she was worried her date would find it.
When I first read the story I thought, nah, that can't be true. It sounds too much like some kind of urban legend about a date gone nightmarishly wrong. But the BBC has confirmed it, as has the local Fire and Rescue service.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 06, 2017 -
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Category: Excrement, Love & Romance
Navassa Island: Guano Capital of the USA
Wikipedia page.
Navassa Island was claimed for the United States on September 19, 1857, by Peter Duncan, an American sea captain, under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, for the rich guano deposits found on the island, and for not being within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government, nor occupied by another government's citizens.
Article from 2012 here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 02, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Excrement, Natural Resources, Nineteenth Century
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