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		themafia 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Best practices for dealing with human waste in the... Fecal contamination is how we verified the route of Lewis and Clark. https://offbeatoregon.com/2501d1006d_biliousPills-686.077.ht...

guntars 22 days ago | [–]

Only due to their mercury chloride heavy diet.

dang 21 days ago | [–]

This spent 17 hours on HN's front page (and is only just off it, I think):

Lewis and Clark marked their trail with laxatives - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45087815 - Aug 2025 (78 comments)

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