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You step into the bathroom, do your business, flush the toilet, wash up and leave. The sequence of actions is habitual — mundane, really. You probably only think about your toilet when it doesn’t ...

Archeologists in China have found the remains of what may be the world’s oldest known flush toilet. Broken parts of the 2,400-year-old lavatory, as well as a bent flush pipe, were unearthed last ...

It was a flush down memory lane. A 2,400-year-old flushable toilet was discovered in China’s Shaanxi province last summer and revealed this month, reported China Daily. According to experts, the ...

Archaeologists in China discovered a flush toilet that was probably among the earliest ever found, according to a report from China's state news agency. The archaeologists discovered several ...

Archaeologists in South Korea have uncovered a 1,300-year-old toilet believed to have been used by a crown prince during the Silla Dynasty (57 BCE–935 CE). The remarkable discovery, made at the site ...

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Archaeologists in Korea have uncovered the remains of multiple flushing toilets within a 1,300-year-old palace complex. But there was one "throne" to rule them all: The crown prince got a special ...