NO SHIT SHERLOCK its world toilet day

NO, I am not pulling your chain – today really is World Toilet Day.

For your convenience, I flushed out this selection of facts which I think you’ll be boweled over by.

Take a seat and loo-se yourself in these.

Although flushing toilets had existed in different forms for centuries, Sir John Harington is the man popularly credited as being their inventor. In 1596 Queen Elizabeth I’s ‘saucy godson’, renowned for his risqué writing, published a book which described a forerunner to the modern toilet which he had installed at his house in Somerset. He is also reported to have installed one for the queen at Richmond Palace.
Contrary to popular belief, Anerley’s Thomas Crapper did not invent the toilet but did popularise them..The sanitary engineer brought flushing toilets to the Victorians and championed the siphon flush system we use today, developing improvements such as the ballcock.
On average each person spends three years of their life on the toilet, visiting about 2,500 times a year and using an average of 57 sheets of toilet paper a day.
There is a public toilet for every 10,000 people In London. There are 78 toilets in Buckingham Palace.
There are up to 40,000 germs per square inch on the handle of a public toilet. For the hygienically minded, the first cubicle in a row is said to be the cleanest because it’s also the least used.
As dirty as loos can be, a desk can harbour 400 times more bacteria than a toilet seat.
Dentists recommend toothbrushes are kept at a minimum of six feet away from a toilet to avoid contamination from airborne particles when the loo is flushed.
Toilet paper was not developed until the late 19th century. It was originally sold as individual sheets in boxes, known as ‘curl papers’. Chemists sold it from under the counter to save customers’ blushes. Toilet rolls were not really marketed to the masses until the 1930s when 'splinter-free' products were developed.
A study in America concluded three out of four people have the flap in the front when they put toilet paper on the holder.
The first flushing toilet scene on the big screen was in Psycho