The Invention of the Flushing Toilet
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August 22, 2026
From a 4,000-year-old flush at the palace of Knossos, to Sir John Harington's 1596 invention for Queen Elizabeth I that was two centuries ahead of its time, to the S-trap and the plumber whose real name gave bathroom slang its favorite word — the surprising history of the toilet.