Your toilet probably flushes in E-flat
Where would we be without the internet? How would we ever know this kind of amazingly useful information?
Toilet facts:
- The average person spends three years of their life on the “john”.
- The average person flushes a toilet about 2500 times a year, while using about eight sheets of toilet paper per day.
- An estimated 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to proper toilet facilities, particularly in rural areas of China and India.
- Lack of suitable toilets and sanitation kills approximately 1.8 million people a year, many of them children.
- According to Jack Sims, a further 500 million toilets are needed to bridge the gap in sanitation.
- The first flushing toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harrington, a British noble and godson to Queen Elizabeth I. He only invented one, as he was ridiculed by his peers, but he still used it for himself.
- Most toilets flush in the key of E flat.
- On average, a person will use 22 litres of drinkable water every day flushing a toilet.
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November 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
It’s a fact. I totally relate to toilets. I have two posts this week about them.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 am
Lol, always great to know some facts about toilets – the life and soul of ones bowls (is that spelt right?)
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November 23rd, 2008 at 4:57 am
Ahhh, nothing like starting my Sunday with toilet facts.. thanks for that, heh…
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Jeff says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:08 am
Hey… we aim to please… glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for stopping by!
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November 26th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Toilets are one of the much overlooked miracles of the modern age.
Plus about the only place I can get some peace and quiet from the rugrats these days.
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Jeff says:
November 26th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Congratulations! My wife can’t even escape there regularly.
They are a great invention. Interestingly, if you click the “Source” link in the post above, the article I took those facts from is talking about the next generation of toilets being water-less. Interesting stuff.
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