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There was a period in history when taking a walk out to the commode presented some very real dangers.

It wasn't uncommon hundreds of years ago that something as simple as using the crapper might mean you didn't make it back alive to the main house. In the olden days, leaving the security of the bunkhouse or cabin when nature called meant risking an attack by an enemy or an animal, sickness from the weather, or injury from falling in the darkness.

I often think about how much we modern-day humans take for granted. I mean, what in the blue blazes do we have to be complaining about in this day and age?

Idaho YouTuber Finds Odd Doohickey Nailed To Side Of Wall, Asks The Public About It

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To put it simply, life used to really suck. Hygiene was a hardship for most people.

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I didn't know until this week just how interesting the history of outhouses was. I've come across them in the Idaho backcountry a time or two, but have never thought to enter one.

A YouTuber recently came across an old crap shack near an Idaho mining town. He recorded himself exploring the inside of it, then locked eyes on something that perplexed him.

'Why do you think they would do that?' 'What would this hold?' 'Let me know, ' the young man says in the video.

Seeing as I didn't build it, I'm purely speculating that the tray nailed to the wall probably held soap or some other important possession the owner didn't want to lose track of if visiting the commode in the middle of the night. Perhaps they held false teeth or glass eyeballs.