BOOK NUMBER: 55
SUBJECT MATTER: Toilets-History, Juvenile Literature
TITLE: The Story Behind Toilets
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Raum
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Library
COPYRIGHT: 2009, 32 pages
An expansive account of the history of el baño from 2500 BCE to modern times. Learn that: flush toilets were used in Crete in 2000 BCE, flush toilets disappeared during the Middle Ages(500-1450 BC), learn about all the sewer problems associated with waste.
Did you know that in the U.S. people used corncobs dipped in water as toilet paper? And that the Chinese were the first to use soft toilet paper?
A totally edifying read loaded with pictures.
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