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The
average person spends 3 years of their life
on the toilet. |
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The ancient Israelites
called the toilet room the ‘House of
Honour’. Try saying that next time you’re
off to the loo! |
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Only 30% of people
in the world use toilet paper. |
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The average person
visits the toilet 3,000 times a year - about
8 times a day. |
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John
Harrington and Thomas Crapper
both have their names used as words for toilet.
(See the history
page for why). Would you like people to use
your name as a word for the toilet?! |
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Krapp is a Swedish
brand of toilet paper. |
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Fact or Fiction?
To remove stains from a toilet, pour a well
known brand of coke into the toilet bowl and
let it sit for one hour, then flush clean. |
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Do you know where
the expression "getting your own back" comes
from? On a submarine, if you did not close
the lid of a toilet when you flushed it, its
contents would end up being fired back all
over you! |
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World Toilet Day
takes place on 19 November each year. |
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40% of the world's
population has no access to toilets. |
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World Toilet Organization
has set up a World Toilet College in Singapore. |
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There's a museum
dedicated entirely to the world history of
toilets in New Delhi, India. It traces the
history of toilets for the last 4500 years.
You might not be able to get to the museum
just yet, but can visit their website { http://www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/
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The French King
Louis X111 (1601-1643) had a "commode" (toilet)
built under his throne where he used to receive
visitors - while sitting on the toilet! (He
preferred to eat in private though). |
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Toilets in homes
were first made compulsory in 1519 by the
provincial government of Normandy in France. |
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The first separate
toilets for men and women was at a party in
Paris in 1739. |
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The first Public
Toilet was constructed in Paris, France, in
1824. |
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In England, up to
half of all adult men and a quarter of adult
women don't wash their hands after they've
been to the toilet. Yuch! |
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In South Korea people
who want to stop their urge to wee run a pencil
round their palm anti-clockwise, while those
who want to go more quickly do it clockwise. |
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The military used
toilet paper to camouflage their tanks in
Saudi Arabia, during the Desert Storm War
in 1991. |
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Toilet paper was
first made for the Chinese emperor in 1391.
The British Perforated Paper Company first
produced toilet paper in Great Britain in
1880. |
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Americans use an
average of 69 sheets of toilet paper a day.
If they go 8 times a day, that's over 25,000
sheets a year! |
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If stranded on a
desert island what "necessity" would you choose?
In one survey, almost half (49%) of people
chose toilet paper as their greatest island
necessity - ahead of food! |
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How do astronauts ‘go’ in
space? Lack of gravity means a water-flush
toilet is not an option. Imagine what would
happen when you flush! On the space shuttle
‘waste matter’ is carried away
by rapid flow of air. |
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The space toilet separates solid and
liquid waste. Solids are compressed and
remain on-board until landing. Liquids are
released into space. |
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The shuttle toilet looks like a normal
Western toilet, but has straps and bars
over the thighs - to make sure the astronauts
don’t drift off into the air mid-go!
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Astronauts use adult nappies on space
walks and during take-off and landing. |
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