In January of 2008, New York City officials held what may have been the city’s first and only toilet paper cutting ceremony. The celebration was in honor of a pay toilet opening on Madison ...

Toilet paper revenues in Brazil alone have more than doubled since 2004. The radical upswing in sales is believed to be driven by a combination of changing demographics, social expectations, and ...

World Toilet Day on November 19 aims to raise awareness of the importance of safe sanitation. In Europe, the history of the toilet is full of dirty secrets.

Harrington’s toilet (found only in a few royal homes) included a mechanical valve to seal off the toilet, as well as a tank of water to flush it—basic components still used in our modern thrones.

The first recorded use of toilet paper appears to have occurred in China around A.D. 851. After that, nothing much was written about the practice until the 14th century rolled around.

Though toilet paper has existed in the Western world since at least the 16th century A.D. and in China since the second century B.C., billions of people don’t use toilet paper even today.

How the Toilet Changed History. Season 5 Episode 5 | 5m 43s Video has Closed Captions | CC. It may sometimes seem like things are getting worse, but there’s lots of reasons to be optimistic ...

Toilet paper, in case you’re wondering, was in use in China as early as the fourteenth century and it was made in 2′ x 3′ sheets. Everywhere else, and in China before then, people made use ...