Who invented the toilet? Many different types of toilet have been invented over the ages, each with its own ingenious way of keeping humans and their effluent apart.

Q: Who invented toilet paper and when? A: The first use of toilet paper is traced to A.D. 851 in China, with little else written about it until the 14th century.

In ancient Rome, toilet gods held an especially prominent role, with specific deities tasked with maintaining the city’s ...

Self-taught Chicago mechanical engineer Eugene Polley invented the first wireless TV remote control in 1955, but his contribution was nearly erased by later innovations.

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.” ...

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 ...

Ever wonder how toilet paper is made and the right way to hang the rolls? We went to Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill to get those answers and to check out their massive rolls.

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 ...

Who invented the toilet? Many different types of toilet have been invented over the ages, each with its own ingenious way of keeping humans and their effluent apart.