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Should You Leave The Toilet Seat Up or Down? Why Experts Say It *Really* Does Matter originally appeared on Parade.

Zane's Trace Commemoration took place June 13-15 and introduced its first outhouse race. One winner was named from a pool of five teams.

Dear Dr. Scribblerprivy: Last Sunday my family toured President James Buchanan’s house and yard at Wheatland, including the outhouse. It has two rooms, one with five seats, the other with three.

One helmeted person rode inside each outhouse on a toilet seat. For NewsChannel 13, it was reporter Tessa Bentulan in our coverage-you-can-trust contraption. Our own Chris Onorato emceed the event.

For now, the inside of his double-decker outhouse doesn't include toilet seats. It doesn't sit above a hole in the ground. There's none of the accessories you might need in such a place.

According to “Da Rules” on the race’s registration forms, the competing outhouses must be constructed atop skis and include a toilet seat and roll of toilet paper.

Belle Plaine home to rare, historic 2-story outhouse BELLE PLAINE, Minn. — A two-story outhouse in Belle Plaine is one of only three in the entire country. "Lots of little details.

“Terrible day, climbing into an 1800’s outhouse s***hole, to get your Apple Watch and getting stuck." Emergency services have encountered trouble before, including the drama at Dixon Lake in ...

"If you lose an item in an outhouse toilet, do not attempt to venture inside the containment area. Serious injury may occur," Carroll noted. Dixon Lake is about 230 miles northwest of Detroit.

According to the release, first responders heard the woman yelling from the outhouse. She dropped her Apple Watch in the toilet, and in an effort to retrieve it, she lowered herself into the ...