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The desk is dirtier than ... the toilet
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The desk is dirtier than ... the toilet

Where do you focus more dangerous pathogens: desk or toilet? The answer seems too obvious, but ... the correct answer is the desk.

December 18, 2018
The story of the history of toilet paper
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The story of the history of toilet paper

With time, toilet paper became so familiar that we never thought that it also needed hundreds of years of innovation to take the form of it now.

December 18, 2018
The ten dirtiest things you contact every day
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The ten dirtiest things you contact every day

There are 10 dirtiest things - in the sense of containing the most pathogenic bacteria - the vast majority of us are exposed to every day. Understanding them and having…

December 18, 2018
ATM keyboard dirty like toilet seats
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ATM keyboard dirty like toilet seats

A recent British study showed that the keyboard on an automated teller machine (ATM) has many pathogens that are nearly as bad as a public toilet or toilet.

December 18, 2018
The mysterious mystery of the bridge table
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The mysterious mystery of the bridge table

The bridge table (Ouija board) has long been used by young people for entertainment, used by people who believe in the mysterious force to communicate with the spiritual…

December 18, 2018
Use wine barrels as a Renaissance toilet
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Use wine barrels as a Renaissance toilet

About more than 300 years ago (stage 1680), after drinking the last drops of two giant wine jars, someone came up with a creative idea to re-use them appropriately.

December 17, 2018
1,000-year-old flush toilet is found in Silla
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1,000-year-old flush toilet is found in Silla

The Cultural Heritage Agency said the archaeological remains of a bathroom equipped with a flush toilet used in the Silla Kingdom dating back (57 BC to 935) have just be…

December 17, 2018
10 oldest antiquities in the world
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10 oldest antiquities in the world

Experts have found many of the oldest antiquities in the world associated with human life thousands of years ago.

December 17, 2018
2,000-year-old toilet seat
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2,000-year-old toilet seat

Archaeologists have recently discovered a wooden toilet seat dating back 2,000 years ago to a fortress in England.

December 17, 2018