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Hundreds of years and Mediterranean you say... It boggles my mind that Indus valley civilization had flush toilets. That would be roughly 3000~2600 B.C. Its bo

by srean 2y ago

Hundreds of years and Mediterranean you say... It boggles my mind that Indus valley civilization had flush toilets. That would be roughly 3000~2600 B.C. Its both sad and ironic in the context of some of the poorly serviced parts of India (sanitarily speaking). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet#History

Wytwwww 2y ago
> Hundreds of years Was being conservative. It was still thousands, if we must go that road e.g. the Minoans had sewage and water supply systems (IIRC earliest evidence is from 1900-1700 BC, so I guess India "wins" this one...)
- srean 2y ago
  I was being tongue in cheek about that one. Winning/losing, nah its not about that. Its about whetting one's curiosity and to be filled with wonder about human's accomplished with a strange attractor on scatological humor.
fransje26 2y ago
> Its both sad and ironic in the context of some of the poorly serviced parts of India (sanitarily speaking) Regression is real. We should not forget that when confronted with the level of nonsense threatening the very fabric of our social cohesion and societal model in recent years.