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#WeirdNews: Indian woman wins divorce over lack of toilet
An Indian court has given a woman permission to divorce her husband because their home did not have a toilet, forcing her to seek relief outdoors. The family court in the northwestern state of Rajasthan…
Worst landlord ever? Owner installs coin operated flush on toilet for tenants
A landlord has installed a coin operated flush system on a toilet. Residents in a house in Melbourne were left shocked when they went to use their toilet and found they were made to pay…
China unveils the world’s first tree top glass toilet
A glass tree-top toilet block has been unveiled in China. The bizarre tourist attraction, which is a block of cubicles inside a building made entirely from glass and is perched on the top of trees…
#DidYouKnow: Hand dryers spread more germs than paper towels
Stop using modern hand dryers. You could be splattering yourself with someone else’s germs. In a recent study by the University of Leeds, researchers found modern hand dryers were much worse than paper towels when…
Small bag offers solution to Kenyan slum’s ‘flying toilets’
The usually straightforward act of going to the toilet is far from simple in Kibera, the sprawling slum on the edge of Kenya’s capital. Hundreds of thousands of people, whose homes are little more than…
Meet Jack Sim aka sanitation-superhero Mr. Toilet
“When we are children, our parents tell us not to talk about shit,” says Jack Sim. “This is a really serious problem. What you don’t talk about, you can’t improve.” For those without access to…
Study finds social networking taking up toilet time
Blame social media the next time it feels like forever for your turn to use the toilet. According to a study released Monday, 32 percent of people in the United States aged 18 to 24…
Poor sanitation kills 2.7 mn people a year: UN
Improving sanitation and building more toilets could save millions of lives around the world and would remove an important source of inequality, the UN said Friday ahead of World Toilet Day. Eliminating inequalities can start…