Haile Selassie, Ethiopia's deposed emperor, is to be reburied in a tomb in the capital Addis Ababa in a ceremony aimed at restoring his image, which was tarnished when he was booted out of office ...

The first emperor of the Han dynasty, which followed the Qin dynasty, likely also used the commode about 2,200 years ago. The researchers added that the toilet didn't flush automatically; servants ...

The first documented use of toilet paper was in 6th century China. In 1391, a Chinese emperor ordered the production of two-by-three-foot scented sheets of paper that he and his family used in the ...

The first documented use of toilet paper was in 6th century China. In 1391, a Chinese emperor ordered the production of two-by-three-foot scented sheets of paper that he and his family used in the ...

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History shows it’s been around for a surprisingly long time—and that we’ve projected our anxieties on its supply before. The mass production of toilet paper began in the U.S. in 1857, but ...

Will the toilet as we know it ever be replaced? ... It’s an idea that was also employed by Roman Emperor Titus Flavius Vepasianus (69-79 AD), who introduced a system to collect urine, ...

Around 1391, during the Song Dynasty, a Chinese emperor decreed that large 2-foot-by-3-foot paper sheets must be made for his toilet time. Until then, people in China just used random paper products.

The European Union has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs on American toilet paper, soybeans, eye makeup and hundreds of other products if trade negotiations with the United States aren ...

Augustus, who died 2000 years ago, was the first emperor of Rome. ... The overgrown mausoleum is used as a toilet by the homeless. littlemisspurps, CC BY-NC-SA.

The Hongwu Emperor and his family alone used 15,000 sheets of what is said to have been "a particularly soft and perfumed type of toilet paper." Europe's wiping culture ...