The following trivbit is from http://www.dreamlogic.net/archives/toilet-trivia"
The Green approach...
Some Japanese women are so afraid of someone overhearing them in the bathroom that they continuously flush to mask their activity. In attempts to save precious water, a device dubbed Otohime or Sound Princess that emulates flushing sound has been installed in public restrooms. “They considered music, chirping birds and a trickling stream,” said Taiki Kiyosue, a Toto employee in the sales and planning division. “But after conducting a survey of female employees, they finally settled on a flushing sound."
The following trivbit is from http://www.cromwell-intl.com/toilet/Index.html#menu
This makes too much sense...
The Hyperion Waste Treatment Plant, the only sewage plant for all of Los Angeles, California, treats sewage by drying it into a highly flammible powder, which is then used to run their generators. The result: The sewage treatment plant generates a surplus of power and actually feeds electricity back into the grid. Keep up the good work, Los Angeleans! Your city counts on your contributions!
The following trivbit is from http://www.psnh.com/Energy/ReduceBill_Residential/QuickTips.asp
For the "drips" out there...
Did you know that a hot water faucet leaking one drip per second wastes 200 gallons a year?
The following trivbit is from http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/bqlt/clubextra/904880801.html
Hurry up and catch it!
A "running" toilet can waste as much as 30-500 gallons/day.
The following trivbit is from http://www.globalgang.org.uk/reallife/funkyfacts/toilets.html
A toilet curfew?
In Switzerland, it's against the law to flush a toilet after 10pm if you live in an apartment.
The following trivbit is from http://www.masterplumber.com/trivia.html
Grand monikers...
The Romans called the toilet the necessarium; the Tudors, the privy (house of privacy); the French, la chambre sent (the smelly room).
The following trivbit is from http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyofeaturestoriesarchive349/323/tokyofeaturestoriesinc.htm
Dr. Toilet, at your service...
Matsushita Electric has pioneered urinals and toilets that will analyze urine passing through and, by zapping a sample with lasers, will test it for signs of diseases such as diabetes, kidney disease and eventually, they say, cancer. The toilets would be able to compile databases of health records for the whole family, and warn when changes in urine composition signaled serious health problems ahead. According to Toto's Ito, they have a similar product in the works currently being tested by the Fukuoka public, and yet to arrive in Kanto. (Why Fukuoka was chosen as the testing ground Toto would not say, but I won't be visiting there again.)
The following trivbit is from http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=194870
...and counting...
The number of toilets in the U.S. is between 300 and 350 million. According to the Plumbing Manufacturer’s Institute there are 225 million in-home toilets in the U.S. Of these almost 50 million are low-flow. Using simple math then, 75 to 125 million toilets are on commercial premises.
The following trivbit is from http://www.paralumun.com/trivia.htm
It went that-a-way...
A common misconception is that toilets flush in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere. This is totally untrue. The way water spins in a toilet bowl (north or south of the equator) is determined solely by the direction in which the water-porting holes in the bowl point.
The following trivbit is from http://www.perfessorbill.com/nostalgia/nstlgia3.shtml
A modest corporate policy...
When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper, they were too embarrassed to put their name on the product.
The following trivbit is from http://interesting-facts.fun-with-english.co.uk/2005_01_01_archive.html
Now they tell me!
It has been recommended by dentists that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (two meters) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush!
The following trivbit is from http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-Outhouse2.html"
Ass-trology 101...
The crescent moon cutout and the star cutout on the door of many outhouses go back to Colonial times. In a time when few people could read, the crescent moon was for women while the star cutout was for men. The cutout also let light into the outhouse.
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