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NASA’s Artemis II mission has carried astronauts outside the influence of the Earth’s orbit for the first time in over 50 years. Fifty years to get it right, and the astronauts have still been forced to pee in bags when their multi-million-dollar toilet failed (it still handled the solid waste). It appears that urine in one of the lines froze, and NASA had to reconfigure the orientation of the spacecraft (Orion) to place the frozen side toward the sun so it could thaw. It now works intermittently.

But even the simple bathroom throne has more updates to offer than just a bidet. Keep reading to find out the latest in toilet technology.

I partied with a friend in Boise two weeks past who I call Banana man Dan. Who is this primate, and why is he my favorite monkey?