Fun Toilet Facts

From the World Toilet Summit:

• The average person spends three years of their life on the “john”.
• The average person flushes a toilet about 2500 times a year, while using about eight sheets of toilet paper per day.
• An estimated 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to proper toilet facilities, particularly in rural areas of China and India.
• Lack of suitable toilets and sanitation kills approximately 1.8 million people a year, many of them children.
• According to Jack Sims, a further 500 million toilets are needed to bridge the gap in sanitation.
• The first flushing toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harrington, a British noble and godson to Queen Elizabeth I. He only invented one, as he was ridiculed by his peers, but he still used it for himself.
• Most toilets flush in the key of E flat.
• On average, a person will use 22 litres of drinkable water every day flushing a toilet.