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  2. Outhouse - Wikipedia

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    The decoration on the outhouse door has no standard. The well-known crescent moon on American outhouses was popularized by cartoonists and had a questionable basis in fact. There are authors who claim the practice began during the colonial period as an early "mens"/"ladies" designation for an illiterate populace (the sun and moon being popular ...

  3. This Is What the Little Doors in Old Houses Are Really For

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    In some old houses, the little doors are designated storage space for a card table! These small spaces were meant to keep card tables—which almost everyone had in the 1950s—tucked away neat ...

  4. This Is Why Some Southern Houses Have a Porch Door, or ... - AOL

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    In Charleston, South Carolina, "hospitality doors" helped neighbors know when to stop by. The post This Is Why Some Southern Houses Have a Porch Door, or “Hospitality Door” appeared first on ...

  5. Spite house - Wikipedia

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    Out of spite for the low offer, the builder built an 860-square-foot (80 m 2) house that blocked the neighbors' open space. [34] However, there are other stories about how the house came to be, making its origins murky. [35] The house is 55 inches (1.4 m) wide at the south end, and 15 feet (4.6 m) wide at the north end.

  6. High-ozone shock treatment - Wikipedia

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    High ozone shock treatment or ozone blasting is a process for removing unwanted odour, and killing mold, vermin and microorganisms in commercial and residential buildings. . The treatment is less expensive than some alternative methods of sterilizing indoor spaces - cleaning or removal of building material, or in extreme cases the abandonment of sick buildin

  7. This is why you should always close the interior doors in ...

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    Following rigorous scientific wind testing, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety is urging homeowners to close all interior doors, in addition to windows and exterior doors.

  8. Stinking - Wikipedia

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    Stinking may refer to: Having an unpleasant odor; Stinking Creek (disambiguation) Stinking Lake (New Mexico) Stinking Point, a cape in Maryland and Virginia;

  9. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    House: A village in New Mexico, in which yes, there is at least one house. There's also a House in North Carolina. How: A place in Cumbria, UK which already has an interesting name. Howlong: A town in New South Wales, Australia. Indeed, it's very long! Huế: A very colorful former imperial capital city of Vietnam. Hühnergeschrei A town in ...