1. History of the Toilet
Charlee Moss
5/13/13

2. Going Inside
2500 Bc: The Harappan city dwellers of the Indus Valley build the earliest known indoor toilets. Toilets do not flush Empty into a brick-lined sewer system.

3. Royal Flush
1500 bc: Plumbers on island of Crete install the world's first flush toilet in the queen's bathroom.

4. Really Public Bathrooms
800 bc: Rome, construction of the Cloaca Maxima takes place. Sewer system carries city's waste to Tiber River Citizens use public toilets built above sewer. Only a sponge on end of a stick Roman latrine-users have to share.

5. This Job is the Pits
1300 AD: Europeans do business in outhouses English outhouse cleaner, Richard the Raker Richard falls through floor and drowns

6. Heads Up
1500s: Many European city¬ dwellers relieve themselves indoors in a chamber pot. When the pot is full, toss contents out window, shouting "Gardy-loo!"

7. A Charmin’ Idea
1857: Joseph Gayetty of New York introduces toilet paper. Each sheet is printed with Gayetty's signature. People used whatever they could find

8. Bathroom Reading
1672: Devoted readers can buy a chamber pot disguised as a stack of books One of the most popular models of chamber pots in France.

9. Stop Making Scents
1775: An English watchmaker Alexander Cummings makes S-trap A valve that keeps the bowl filled with water. Allows poop to go down without letting smells come up.

10. Sculptured Seats
1885: Englishman Thomas Twyford introduces the Unitas First one-Piece, all-ceramic toilet eliminates leaky joints These ceramic toilets are covered with decorations

11. Minding Your Business
1999: The Matsushita Electronic Industrial Company of Japan previews high-tech bowl Measures your weight and body-fat content

13. Fun Facts
The toilet handle in a public restroom can have up to 40,000 germs per square inch.
King George II of Great Britain died falling off a toilet on the 25th of October 1760
We use an average of 57 sheets of toilet paper a day.