How Toilets Changed the World: History of Pooping

We don't talk about it enough (understandably…), but the way we dispose of our bodily waste in the developed world has profoundly impacted how we live our lives. You can track human progress by following a timeline of our toilets. And that's exactly what we did here. What did public latrines in Ancient Rome look like? How did one of Queen Elizabeth's godsons (and blood relative of actor Kit Harrington) help revolutionize toilet technology? Why does everyone think Thomas Crapper invented the crapper? Host Janae Price covers all this and more, in just under seven minutes. And, for all those looking to help aid the global water crisis, we've included links to several organizations and initiatives dedicated to providing clean drinking water and sanitary bathroom conditions to humans all over the world:

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Credits:

Senior Development Producer
Wil Fulton

Associate Producer
Mia Faske

Editorial Assistant/Voice Over
Janae Price

Motion Graphics & Animation
Danna Windsor

Senior Designer
Maggie Rossetti

Editor
Zachary Lapierre

Production Coordinator
Charles Ross

Post Production Supervisor
Daniel Byrne

Director of Production
Anna Frangos

Senior Director -
Development & Production
Leo Fernandez

Creative Director
Audra V Pace

Head of Video
Jim D’Amico

Chief Content Officer
Meghan Kirsch

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[amoblack]

The toilet is truly my favorite invention.

[chapinero]

The Poop emoji looked into my eyes... And frankly, the rest is history!

[Littlestraincloud]

I love how you wanted to say Scatrimony, but some editorial process changed that. Also, Janae is a great narrator! Please keep her on.

[scottschoppert]

I poop every morning so even without a toilet I would be able to poop

[Skukkix]

mfs in rome were like make that shit public

[seritarak]

A little much for fifth graders, bleeps s***, lots of people sitting on toilets with pants down, a dog vividly going lol. Might be fine, just fair warning.

[kavinmk]

Haha, frankly i don't like western toilets 😴