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Old 07-26-2017, 09:11 AM
stefanj stefanj is offline
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Heard a great podcast -- and episode of "Stuff You Should Know" -- about the introduction of outhouses.

They weren't a "thing" in many places until a deliberate program, early in the 20th century, to fight parasitic worms that lived in human waste.

Rather than being a backward thing, a properly built and serviced outhouse was a major advance.

I've used 'em plenty of times, staying at various wilderness cabins.

Where's my bucket of ashes . . .
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