The article neglects to mention King Eglon of Moab in biblical times (see Judges 3:24, KJV), who was also assassinated while on the seat. This is one of two mentions of bowel movements to be found in the Bible. See also Deuteronomy 23: 12-13 (KJV).
I see an emerging market for such devices, sent by their owners to purchase goods embarrassing to some to be seen purchasing (you know the kind, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR8arJMOu7A). I would have to worry about carjacking, though.
Pantagruel was the son of Gargantua, as seen in this link: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126311/page/n1/mode/2up Rabelais wrote very coarse humor, which was popular at the time, and their adventures ran along the lines of identifying the perfect bum-wipe (today that would be toilet paper), with disgustingly detailed descriptions of all what they investigated by empirical means. Spoiler Alert: the winner was a well-downed goose pulled by the neck between the legs. Rabelais died in 1553, so Breton evidently carried on the character with his own work.
Their 1925 catalog carried Thompson Submachine Guns, which could be purchased by mail and delivered to your door. One could also buy dynamite of varying nitroglycerin content, but it had to be shipped by itself.
One of the great horror comics of the 1950's, by EC Publications, featured a story, 'My Brother's Keeper', about a pair of conjoined twins, one good and one evil. The evil one committed all kinds of crimes, secure in the knowledge that he would never be punished for them, due to his innocent twin brother. The good one finally gave the evil one an ultimatum, which was laughed at, upon which the good one whipped out a straight razor and cut his own throat. The last panel showed the good one lying dead with the evil one next to him crying and trying to staunch the bleeding wound. And, in true EC fashion, you don't learn that they are conjoined until the last panel.
Fortunes were made in Galveston, thanks to Prohibition. It's all in that book of Gary Cartwright's. That's how the Maceo crime family got their start, and a cousin of theirs is still a Big Man in Galveston today, this being Tilman Fertitta. He's a restaurant and hotel magnate who has sworn to bring casino gambling back to Galveston. Good luck with that.
Medium-size main sequence stars like our sun will become red giants and not go supernova. Larger stars of a certain size range will become supernovae. Still larger stars will become black holes.
There should have been an explosion. Gasoline 'burns' much faster than diesel and a Diesel engine isn't designed for such a rapid release of fuel energy. I would think that the lack of lubricity would never have been a problem since the engine would not last long enough. Even using cold-weather starter fluid intended for gasoline engines in a diesel is dangerous.
Fun Fact: Dark red fruits and vegetables fight deep visceral fat - the kind that can kill you. Eat something dark red each day and do your body a favor. On that basis alone, Red tops Green.
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126311/page/n1/mode/2up
Rabelais wrote very coarse humor, which was popular at the time, and their adventures ran along the lines of identifying the perfect bum-wipe (today that would be toilet paper), with disgustingly detailed descriptions of all what they investigated by empirical means. Spoiler Alert: the winner was a well-downed goose pulled by the neck between the legs.
Rabelais died in 1553, so Breton evidently carried on the character with his own work.
I've been to the Moody mansion and, yeah, those signs are there just as you see them here. The Moodys were fabulously wealthy for the day, and were infamous for not spending a dime more than necessary on anything. It's all in Cartwright's book.
Even using cold-weather starter fluid intended for gasoline engines in a diesel is dangerous.