New Orleans residents are still in shock after culinary crime units uncovered what they’re calling “an act of gumbo terrorism with malicious intent to distribute.” A local woman was taken in for questioning after allegedly attempting to serve vegan gumbo to unsuspecting members of the public. Authorities say the pot in question contained no roux, no sausage, and—brace yourself—no flavor. Police Chief Roland Geiger held a press conference early this morning: “We haven’t seen something this distur

Medieval towns didn’t have garbage collection — so residents threw chamber pot waste straight out the window, sometimes yelling “Gardez l’eau!” (“Watch out for the water!”). In London, there were official laws about where you could dump filth… but no one obeyed them. One London court record from 1321 fined a woman for pouring dung water over a monk’s head as he passed beneath her window. | History Collection