Get Dollar Shave Club! http:→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: What was It Actually Like to Be a Court Jester in Medieval Times? https://youtu.be/tkLZYEIslWM Can Police Really Commandeer Your Vehicle Like in the Movies? https://youtu.be/eQC8IxoNAkg In this video: In all the years we’ve been answering questions from our abnormally attractive readers, one that has popped up in our inbox and in comment threads more times than any other is some form of the question “What’s the deal with crescent moons on outhouse doors?” Well, after nearly a decade of doing this, we’ve finally decided to look into it. So here we go. Want the text version?: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/01/why-do-outhouses-have-a-crescent-moon-on-the-door/ Sources: https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus/war-2.htm https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DQNR3uSBMS8C&pg=PA79&dq=outhouse+door+moon&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV94DF4JzfAhUUUBUIHSoLDgAQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=outhouse%20door%20moon&f=false http://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/outhouses.html https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XGNdvgAACAAJ&dq=outhouse+door+moon&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV94DF4JzfAhUUUBUIHSoLDgAQ6AEIRTAF https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/outhouses-crescent-moons https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/576/why-do-outhouse-doors-have-half-moons-on-them/ https://www.almanac.com/fact/why-is-there-a-crescent-moon-cutout https://books.google.com/books?id=bHXCPm_BZloC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Little+Red+Schoolhouse:+A+Sketchbook&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL29aNxvfSAhVKxoMKHURCC1QQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=moon&f=false http://www.kyphilom.com/www/stories.html https://www.phrases.org.uk/bul