Excavations at a centuries-old royal palace in Korea have revealed multiple flush toilets, including one that the crown prince likely used.

While excavating the ruins of South Korea's Donggung Palace, which was home to the crown prince of the Silla Dynasty 1,300 years ago, archaeologists came across several flush toilets. Most of them ...

Once solid or liquid waste is in the toilet it is flushed and carried through a pipe which leads to the sewage works. The inventor of the toilet was John Harrington, who was born in 1561 and died ...

"I wanted to create a toilet system that would draw all liquid and solid waste downward, while also keeping the bowl fresh ...

PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better way to angle or position the body when defecating on a toilet," said an inventor, from Brooklyn, N.Y., "so I invented ...