The toilet snorkel was patented in 1982. The invention allowed a trapped individual in a burning high-rise to use the snorkel to breathe until rescue.

I have some security dogs at my job. One time I was scooping the poop into a 5 gallon bucket, got distracted and kinda left it there at the back of the yard. The. It rained and filled the bucket with water and there was no way I was gonna deal with that so I left it to evaporate. At some point, a rat fell in and drowned. I can’t imagine a worse way to go.