It is commonly believed that Thomas Crapper invented the flushing toilet but this is not true - the first one came along nearly 100 years earlier. 2.

Modern toilet paper was invented in 1857, when Joseph Gayetty sold medicated paper in packages of flat sheets. Still, most people saw no reason to buy the product when they had free alternatives ...

I was delighted to receive many positive comments after my last article which began with a poem to my dear, departed ...

There really was a Thomas Crapper who invented some important toilet parts and put his name on a considerable number of English toilets, but he’s not to blame for the word “crap.” ...

Was the toilet really invented by a man named John Krapper? No. John Krapper had nothing to do with the invention of the toilet. Thomas Krapper, though, is an English plumber from the late 1800s ...

It's a cause of arguments in households around the world. And over 150 years since the toilet roll was invented, the question of how exactly it should be oriented still triggers furious debate. In the ...

Audie Murphy's design of a "reseal cylinder" and other features allows the toilet to flush efficiently using only 1 gallon of water. He says it actually works at eight-tenths of a gallon. Many ...

It is commonly believed that Thomas Crapper invented the flushing toilet but this is not true - the first one came along nearly 100 years earlier. 2.