Toilets - Did You Know

Happy Toilet School Education Programme
Restroom Association (Singapore)

In 1519, the provincial government of Normandy, France passed a law making toilets compulsory in houses.

In 1996, President Clinton passed a tax of 6 cents per roll of toilet paper.

Sir John Harrington invented the first flush toilet for Queen Elizebeth 1 in 1596.

Toilet paper was used in China as early as A.D.875.

The average North American spends 35 mins to an hour each day in the bathroom.

Each flush of the toilet releases a plume of bacteria-laden spray, which settles on the toilet seat.

Doorknobs and handles in public restrooms are relatively bacteria-free, because metal, like porcelain, resists bacteria.

The average consumer uses 8.6 sheets of toilet paper per trip, 57 sheets a day.

London's underground toilets are among the cleanest in Europe. Custodial teams compete against each other for cleanliness.

In 12 hrs, 1 germ can multiply fast enough to become over 64 billion germs.

Only 30% of the world's population uses toilet paper.

A thousand pounds of toilet paper can be made with one cord of wood.

The average toilet is flushed 8 times a day.

Germs in human waste can pass though 10 sheets of toilet paper.

In the late 19th century, toilet paper holders had a built-in knife to cut the amount needed for use.

Joseph Gayetty invented toilet paper in 1857.

Women'spublic restrooms contain twice as many bacteria as men's public restrooms.

Urinals at Amsterdam's Schipol Airport have pictures of small insects in them to make aiming easier.

Soldiers in World War One were the first to use modern flushing toilets.

People are more afraid of getting sick from germs in public restrooms than from germs in any other place.

Each day, Americans use 4.8 billion gallons of water to flush toilets.

85% of people responding to a national survey said their home bathrooms were cleaner than their workplace bathrooms.

The toilet is set up for left-handed people; most toilets are made with the lever on the left side, and most people flush with the left hand.