History shows it’s been around for a surprisingly long time—and that we’ve projected our anxieties on its supply before.

Since the dawn of time, people have found nifty ways to clean up after the bathroom act. The most common solution was simply to grab what was at hand: coconuts, shells, snow, moss, hay, leaves, grass, ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Move over Green Bay Packers. There's something else to talk about in Titletown: bathrooms, toilets, toilet paper and chamber pots. Six toilets -- including an 1800s model called an ...