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Toilets: Humanity’s Greatest Invention?

Dec 12, 201938 minSeason 1Ep. 7
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Episode description

Not everyone wants to talk about it, but the toilet is responsible for saving countless lives throughout human history. Hodding Carter, author of “Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization” takes us on a journey through the toilet’s development, and This Old House’s Richard Trethewey tours the Plumbing Museum with an eye to the past before looking to the future.

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