Authorities evacuated a French hospital after a 24-year-old man walked in with an eight-inch-long shell lodged in his rectum. The bizarre medical emergency required clearing the building for safety and specialized treatment. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15519391/Man-24-sparks-evacuation-French-hospital-doctors-8ins-long-live-WW1-artillery-shell-rectum.html
Yes, this is an actual thing: fart lighting (also known as pyroflatulence or flatus ignition) is the practice of igniting gases from flatulence — often producing a brief flame, usually blue, sometimes orange — and Read more
Before toilet paper, Romans used a sponge on a stick called a tersorium — communal. Yes, shared.Archaeologists continue uncovering preserved examples in ancient latrines. 🔗 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ancient-roman-bathroom-hygiene-180979282/