Feces are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine. Feces contain a relatively small amount of metabolic waste products such as bacterially altered bilirubin, and dead epithelial cells from the lining of the gut.
A pet waste station in Tucker, Georgia, US
Cyclosia papilionaris consuming bird droppings
Horse feces
Sign ordering owners to clean up after pets, Houston, Texas, 2011
American and British English spelling differences
Despite the various English dialects spoken from country to country and within different regions of the same country, there are only slight regional variations in English orthography, the two most notable variations being British and American spelling. Many of the differences between American and British/English in the Commonwealth of Nations date back to a time before spelling standards were developed. For instance, some spellings seen as "American" today were once commonly used in Britain, and some spellings seen as "British" were once commonly used in the United States.
An 1814 American medical text showing British English spellings that were still in use ("tumours", "colour", "centres", etc.)
Image: Webster Orthography 1828 (4 14)
Image: Webster Orthography 1828 (15)