inventions

The Soggy Artistry of Urinal Cake Patents

It’s unclear who invented the first urinal cake, but if these patent drawings are anything to go off of, they’ve had quite an excremental evolution over the past hundred years

I’m the Man Who Ribbed Condoms for Her Pleasure

The origins of the ribbed condom have always been a mystery. Then their inventor’s son slid into my DMs.

A Bumpy History of ‘Ribbed for Her Pleasure’

Or: The Lost History of Ribbed Condoms, and My Quest to Find the Truth

I Invented the First Urinal Target

Joel Kreiss, 81, invented and patented the Tinkle Target, the first-ever urinal target that sticks to the toilet bowl. It was the early 1970s, and…