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THE FIRST PUBLIC RESTROOMS
APPEARED IN ANCIENT ROME WHEN THE EMPEROR VESPASIAN
BUILT LATRINES. SUCH PUBLIC URINALS BECAME WIDELY KNOWN
AS VESPASIENNES BY 1840. IN 1775, THE INVENTION
OF A WATER-FLUSH SYSTEM CREATED TOILETS SOMEWHAT
RESEMBLING TODAY'S CONVENIENCE. THE VALVE AND SIPHON
WERE ADDED IN 1784 AND THE SEPTIC TANK IN 1896
APPEARED IN ANCIENT ROME WHEN THE EMPEROR VESPASIAN
BUILT LATRINES. SUCH PUBLIC URINALS BECAME WIDELY KNOWN
AS VESPASIENNES BY 1840. IN 1775, THE INVENTION
OF A WATER-FLUSH SYSTEM CREATED TOILETS SOMEWHAT
RESEMBLING TODAY'S CONVENIENCE. THE VALVE AND SIPHON
WERE ADDED IN 1784 AND THE SEPTIC TANK IN 1896
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THE FIRST PUBLIC RESTROOMS
APPEARED IN ANCIENT ROME
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WHEN THE EMPEROR VESPASIAN
BUILT LATRINES.
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SUCH PUBLIC URINALS
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BECAME WIDELY KNOWN
AS VESPASIENNES BY 1840.
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IN 1775, THE INVENTION
OF A WATER-FLUSH SYSTEM
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CREATED TOILETS SOMEWHAT
RESEMBLING TODAY'S CONVENIENCE.
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THE VALVE AND SIPHON
WERE ADDED IN 1784
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AND THE SEPTIC TANK IN 1896.
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Movie Summary
Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.