History

Everyone has used one before in one way or another. Toilets are a central hub to our day to day lives. Because lets be honest, everyone poops. So therefore everyone has encountered a toilet in one form or another in their lifetime. The toilet has been around for as many as 4800 years dating back all the way to Mohenjo-Daro circa as the first recorded site of a sewer and toilet system. But what is the definition of a toilet exactly then? A toilet is a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human urine and feces. They are often found in a small room referred to as a toilet/bathroom/lavatory. Flush toilets, which are common in many parts of the world, may be connected to a nearby septic tank or more commonly in urban areas via "large" (3–6 in or 7.6–15.2 cm) sewer pipe connected to a sewerage pipe system. The water and waste from many different sources is piped in large pipes to a more distant sewage treatment plant. Chemical toilets are used in mobile and many temporary situations where there is no access to sewerage, dry toilets, including pit toilets and composting toilet require no or little water with excreta being removed manually or composted. The creator of the modern toilet was Thomas Crapps, who invented it mid nineteenth century in England. Today the toilet is a symbol of peace and relaxment, where you can go to get away from everyone and possibly read that new book you have been wanting to get started, or possibly even play a game on your iPhone.