(By
the way, we usually celebrate a person and his accomplishments on his
birthday. But since nobody knows when he was born—probably some day
in September, 1836—Crapper's day is on the anniversary of his death
in 1910.)
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| The 3-D painting on this toilet makes it look scary! |
Thomas
Crapper was a plumber who lived in London, England. Some people assume that he invented the flush toilet, but he didn't. A man named John
Harrington did that in 1596. Instead, Crapper made several inventions
that helped improve the flush toilet, and he was an important
popularizer of this then new-fangled sanitation device. One way he
spread the idea of having a toilet in the house was by creating the
first bathroom fittings showroom.
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