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What ethnic group of people first had toilets in their homes instead of outhouses?
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Do Chinese really pee in holes and the actual toilets are for disabled people?
Chinese toilets range from the most primitive outhouses to the most extravagant toilets made from solid gold (made by a gold merchant in Hong Kong). It wouldn't be fair to generalize something for everyone. However, as a guideline: in cities, both normal and disabled people use toilets; in poorer rural areas, outhouses are still commonplace.
Were there toilets in the pyramids?
No. Toilets were not invented until the 1600s CE. Prior to that, people used latrines and outhouses. Secondly, the pyramids were intended as mausoleums and most mausoleums built today do not even have toilets because they are not designed to be inhabited by living people.
Did they have outhouses in the 1700s?
Some people had outhouses in the 1700's.
Were bathrooms common in 1890?
Bathrooms in homes were not common in 1890. The flush toilet had just been invented but it was a luxury for the rich. Many people had outdoor toilets called outhouses.
Did Americans have indoor plumbing during the civil war?
Well...there were kinds of indoor plumbing. There were outhouses during the civil war, those were most common. The Civil war also had a kind of toilet that flushed, so they did have plumbing. It worked by running water that lead to a lake or ocean, so only people near water had toilets instead of outhouses. P.S. they did not have light bulbs until after the civil war...well at least not mass produced.
Who was the first man to discover the toilet?
Not discover, but invent. Toilets have been around for centuries in the form of pit privies (outhouses, if you like) A number of people invented various modern style toilets, but one of the most sucessful versions was created by a man (no- REALLY!) named Thomas Crapper.
What did use before toilets were invented?
Back then, before toilets have been invented, people used outhouses, chamber pots, honey buckets, and holes in the ground. After using such means, people usually have to clear them, and there in the past in the olden days, there is a job specially created to clear such buckets, chamber pots and such.the people also used ditches and buckets and just anything they could go in but now we have the toilets we use now.They held it in until they invested an out house
Why does Alaska have the most outhouses?
Many people do not have running water in Alaska
What would you dou to motivate people to utilise toilets?
people should use toilets
How did they go to the bathroom before outhouses?
Before outhouses, people would go behind a tree or in the woods. When the weather was bad or late at night they would stay indoors and use a pot.
What kind of toilets are used on construction sites and outdoor events?
Portable toilets is the "appropriate" name for them, though most people know them by a nickname, instead... port-a-potties, port-a-johns, and the one I use can't be posted on this site.
What poops on toilets?
people
