Though perhaps not the most glamorous of fixtures and fittings in the home, the toilet is, without question, one of the most important, and when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. In times gone by, when we needed to relieve ourselves and go to the toilet, we had chamber pots, which were, well, pots. Rather disgustingly, when these pots were full, people would literally empty them out of their windows, into their gardens or the streets below. Obviously, this made people incredibly ill, and the smell was unbearable as well. As time went by, sewer systems were invented, and then of course, we got the humble toilet, which revolutionised the world as we know it.
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