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The Alfred Hitchcock film 'Psycho' was the first film to show a toilet flushing. The character Marion Crane (Janet Leigh)
was shown flushing a toilet with a torn up paper swirling in the water.
The American Airlines Sports Center in Dallas, Texas, has the most toilets per capita of any sports and entertainment
venue in the U.S.
Ping pong balls are very difficult to flush in a toilet.
In World War II, the German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.
The crescent moon cutout and the star cutout on the door of many outhouses goes back to Colonial times. In a time
when few people could read, the crescent moon was the symbol for women while the star cutout was for men.
It is a myth that Thomas Crapper invented the toilet. Though the man held several patents for plumbing related
products, he did not invent the water closet. There was a noble origin to the water closet in its earliest days. Sir John
Harrington, godson to Queen Elizabeth, set about making a "necessary" for his godmother and himself in 1596. A
rather accomplished inventor, Harrington ended his career with this invention, for he was ridiculed by his peers for
this absurd device. He never built another one, though he and his godmother both used theirs.
A toilet can be the most temperamental fixture in your home and it can become pretty costly if not running at full
capacity. Your toilet accounts for more than 40 percent of your home's total water usage.
The first stall in a public bathroom is the least used and the cleanest.
Approximately 10.5 gallons of water is used in a dishwasher. Washing the dishes by hand can use up to 20 gallons
of water.
The life expectancy of a garbage disposer is about 5 to 10 years.
A 1/8 inch hole in a metal pipe, at 40 psi, leaks 2500 gal of water in 24 hrs.
A leak the size of a pinhead can waste 360,000 gal/yr, enough to fill 12,000 bathtubs to the overflow mark.
A leaking toilet can use 90,000 gal of water in 30 days.
A dripping faucet/hose bib can use up to 180 gallons of water a month, 2,160 gallons per year.
Approximately 1 in every 20 pools has a leak.
Approximately 1 in every 318 homes or buildings has a leak.
A typical toilet leak at today's rate can add $500 to a single water bill.
One trip through the car wash uses 150 gallons of drinking water.
Collecting water for gardening from the faucet while waiting for hot water saves about 250 gallons of water a month.
Using a broom to clean the sidewalk instead of a hose saves 150 gallons of water.
Using a pool cover prevents about 1,000 gallons per month from evaporating.
was shown flushing a toilet with a torn up paper swirling in the water.
The American Airlines Sports Center in Dallas, Texas, has the most toilets per capita of any sports and entertainment
venue in the U.S.
Ping pong balls are very difficult to flush in a toilet.
In World War II, the German submarine U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.
The crescent moon cutout and the star cutout on the door of many outhouses goes back to Colonial times. In a time
when few people could read, the crescent moon was the symbol for women while the star cutout was for men.
It is a myth that Thomas Crapper invented the toilet. Though the man held several patents for plumbing related
products, he did not invent the water closet. There was a noble origin to the water closet in its earliest days. Sir John
Harrington, godson to Queen Elizabeth, set about making a "necessary" for his godmother and himself in 1596. A
rather accomplished inventor, Harrington ended his career with this invention, for he was ridiculed by his peers for
this absurd device. He never built another one, though he and his godmother both used theirs.
A toilet can be the most temperamental fixture in your home and it can become pretty costly if not running at full
capacity. Your toilet accounts for more than 40 percent of your home's total water usage.
The first stall in a public bathroom is the least used and the cleanest.
Approximately 10.5 gallons of water is used in a dishwasher. Washing the dishes by hand can use up to 20 gallons
of water.
The life expectancy of a garbage disposer is about 5 to 10 years.
A 1/8 inch hole in a metal pipe, at 40 psi, leaks 2500 gal of water in 24 hrs.
A leak the size of a pinhead can waste 360,000 gal/yr, enough to fill 12,000 bathtubs to the overflow mark.
A leaking toilet can use 90,000 gal of water in 30 days.
A dripping faucet/hose bib can use up to 180 gallons of water a month, 2,160 gallons per year.
Approximately 1 in every 20 pools has a leak.
Approximately 1 in every 318 homes or buildings has a leak.
A typical toilet leak at today's rate can add $500 to a single water bill.
One trip through the car wash uses 150 gallons of drinking water.
Collecting water for gardening from the faucet while waiting for hot water saves about 250 gallons of water a month.
Using a broom to clean the sidewalk instead of a hose saves 150 gallons of water.
Using a pool cover prevents about 1,000 gallons per month from evaporating.
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