The origin of the indoor toilet for the disposal of human wastes goes far back in history. Archaeologists found in the palace of King Minos on Crete an indoor latrine that had a wooden seat and may have worked like a modern flush toilet; they also...

The earliest known flush toilet dates from 1800 b.c. Featuring a wooden seat, it was installed in the royal palace at Knossos in ancient Crete and used a drainage system with venting air shafts. Water-flushed latrines were in use in the Indus Valley...

Crap or get off the pot....

A toilet, lavatory, water closet (WC), or loo is a plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes: urine and fecal matter. The word "toilet" can be used to refer to the fixture itself or to the room...

Have a Seat ... Consider for a moment the noble toilet. Silent sentinels of civilization, toilets represent one of life's little necessities. They're frequently taken for granted or ignored until they're either needed or broken, but they're vital parts of our...

DOWNTOWN A-GO-GO KMART 770 Broadway, 212-673-1540 Forget insider trading and sweatshop labor-Martha Stewart should be ashamed of the condition of her corporate partner's lavatories. Straight out of 1984-probably the last time they were scrubbed-these admittedly spacious facilities not only have their doors propped...

One poster reads, "Public Toilets _ From Embarrassment to Pleasure." Another implores you to wash your hands, because germs die that way. Hoping to herald a new "national restroom culture," Malaysia's National Toilet Expo and Forum opened Thursday at a...

Singapore, famous for its spotless streets, is stepping up its campaign against filth in the restroom with a training program to boost the status and skills of the city-state's toilet cleaners, a newspaper reported Thursday. More than 50 toilet cleaners...