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One actor can't hold Gar O'Donnell — so Brian Friel used two. Inside the 1964 play that split a man in half on stage.

From Indus Valley flush drains to Roman sponge sticks to gong farmers — the surprising, gross, and brilliant story of human waste.

The screw spent 2,000 years as a machine before it held anything together. Here's how it became the hardware aisle we know.