<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;Happy World Toilet Day! In case you&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;didn't&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;know, the World Toilet Organization (yes, there is one) declared November 19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-fontsize="12" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"&gt;to be World Toilet Day back in 2001. Why,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"&gt;you may&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;ask?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"&gt;Well&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;it all had to do with drawing attention to the fact that even today not every country has great sanitation, which of course spreads diseases like cholera,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;typhoid&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW53245339 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle= "normaltextrun"&gt;and hepatitis. &lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW244082636 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW244082636 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"&gt;On this episode, we flush out what humans did when poop became a problem and how it all led to a universal holiday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP SCXW244082636 BCX8" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Unusual History of Every Thing

Melanie Dellas and Karen Lacy

Crap, Crapper, and the History of the Toilet

NOV 19, 202326 MIN
The Unusual History of Every Thing

Crap, Crapper, and the History of the Toilet

NOV 19, 202326 MIN

Description

Happy World Toilet Day! In case you didn't know, the World Toilet Organization (yes, there is one) declared November 19th to be World Toilet Day back in 2001. Why, you may ask? Well it all had to do with drawing attention to the fact that even today not every country has great sanitation, which of course spreads diseases like cholera, typhoid and hepatitis. On this episode, we flush out what humans did when poop became a problem and how it all led to a universal holiday.