Before Toilet Paper, People Cleaned Themselves With Sticks, Sponges, Leaves And More (Cruel Weird Awful 23)
Finally, our podcast makes it to the smallest room in the house.
The Motorcycling Sisters Who Rode For The Right To Vote (Cool Weird Awesome 268)
It's the birthday of Augusta Van Buren, who joined her sister Adeline for a cross-country motorcycle trip in 1916 to win support for the suffragist movement. And what a trip it was. Plus: if you're one of the many people stocking up on bathroom tissue these days, note that the largest roll ever made is in Missouri - but it's not for sale.
The Fastest Lawn Mower In The World, And How We Got To It (Cool Weird Awesome 67)
Earlier this month a prototype mower in Germany set a new world record by going from zero to 100 miles an hour in 6.29 seconds… while still cutting grass! Not bad for an invention that's not even 200 years old.