Researchers in Boston think they may have found the old foundation of Paul Revere's outhouse on Monday. Now they're planning to dig through the soil and see what they find.

A team found a four-by-six-foot brick rectangle that points to it being an old privy. Archaeologists say that this is an important find because people in the Colonial days would throw a lot of stuff into the toilet.

The team has already found a piece of a beer stein from the 1700s and pieces of coal.

Read more at CBS Boston.

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