History of the Toilet
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Going Inside 2500 B.C. First indoor toilets in the
Indus valley Toilets empty into a sewer system
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Royal Flush First flushing toilet made in Crete circa
1500 B.C. Uses rainwater to flush
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Really Public Bathrooms Around 800 B.C., Romans start using
public bathrooms. The rectangular rooms had no privacy
and seated as many as 11,000
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This Job is the Pits By 1300, people mostly use outhouses,
shacks built over deep pits. While cleaning his outhouse, Richard
the Raker falls down the pit and drowns.
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Heads Up By the 1500’s most people used
chamber pots People would yell “Gardy-Loo” when
throwing the contents of their chamber pots out their windows
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A Charmin’ Idea In 1857, Joseph Gayetty invented toilet
paper. Previous to this, people would use old
corncobs or magazine pages.
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Bathroom Reading In 1672, there was a chamber pot
made to appear as a stack of books. It became the most popular model in
France
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Stop Making Scents In 1775, Alexander Cummings invented
the S-valve. This allowed toilets to flush like they do
now.
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Sculptured Seats 1885, Thomas Twyford invented the
one piece toilet It eliminated the bad smell of old
models.
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Minding Your Business In 1999, the Matsushita company
previewed a toilet that could analyze body fat content.
It is set to be on the market in the next few years.
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Solid Gold This toilet was built in 2001 and is
made of 24-carat gold. To use it, you have to wear a plastic
cover to avoid scuffing it.