Plumbing Trivia
Jul 23, 2019
- The word “plumbing” comes from the word plumbum, which is Latin for lead. This is also why lead is abbreviated as Pb on the periodic table.
- The first patent for a flushing toilet was issued in 1775 to a man named Alexander Cummings. However, he was not the first man to invent the flushing a toilet. A man named John Harrington did this in 1596, which is why we sometimes refer to the bathroom as “the John”.
- Think a leaky faucet is no big deal? Think again. A faucet that drips just once per second can waste more than 11 000 litres of water per year.
- Over $100,000 were spent on a study to determine whether most people put their toilet paper on the holder with the flap in front or behind.
The answer: Three out of four people have the flap in the front.
- Albert Einstein said if he could do it all again, he would be a plumber.
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