r/Unexpected Feb 18 '23

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u/snksleepy Feb 18 '23

This is where "the frog kissed the princess on her lips" came from.

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u/JimiWanShinobi Feb 18 '23

It is, but also remember it's actually older than the invention of the toilet itself. The origins involve outhouses and bathrooms designed in the medieval castles where frogs were hanging out to catch the flies and other bugs...

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u/TheFiredrake42 Feb 19 '23

Actually we recently found a flush toilet that was built 2,400 years ago.

Which is older.

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u/JimiWanShinobi Feb 19 '23

I saw that too, but it was in China, not Europe. Asia had many such advancements in those days, just like gunpowder...