I thought the following was highly interesting:
‘ Blockages to urinals are caused by the build up of scale in the urinal traps or waste pipe work. ... Limescale is sparingly soluble in water and builds up on the exposed surfaces of urinals as the flush water evaporates. This deposition can be increased by the addition of warm urine.’
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Random Urinal Factoid: Did you know that the urinal was first patented in the United States just after the cessation of the Civil War?
Andrew Rankin is credited as the inventor of the modern flushing urinal in 1866.
Incidentally, 1866 was also the same year when the confectionary miracle that is Fry’s Chocolate Cream first appeared although the two inventions are not related in any way, shape or form for the record....
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Random Urinal Factoid: Whilst Rankin may have patented the modern, flushing design, the urinal itself dates from way back.
In fact, a simple example of a waterless urinal was excavated a few years ago in Sri Lanka and has been estimated to date back to the 9th century! Amazing, no? |
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"Random Urinal Factoid: Did you know that the urinal was first patented in the United States just after the cessation of the Civil War?
Andrew Rankin is credited as the inventor of the modern flushing urinal in 1866.
Incidentally, 1866 was also the same year when the confectionary miracle that is Fry’s Chocolate Cream first appeared although the two inventions are not related in any way, shape or form for the record....
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Ooooh I'm not so sure urinals and fry.. Stephen Fry |
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By *isaB45Woman
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"Random Urinal Factoid: Whilst Rankin may have patented the modern, flushing design, the urinal itself dates from way back.
In fact, a simple example of a waterless urinal was excavated a few years ago in Sri Lanka and has been estimated to date back to the 9th century! Amazing, no?"
You really, really need to get out more...  |
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The modern Armitage Shanks ones with the fin running up the middle are a marvel of modern technological design. You just can get any splash back off them. I've tried aiming at many different angles to see if I could, but you can't. The are wonderful and I feel a great deal of respect for any establishment that has installed them. |
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Yet another completely random urinal factoid:
The women's suffrage movement actually played a role in the growing popularity of urinals. Many men believed standing up symbolically elevated them above women seeking equal rights so they preferred using urinals.
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Chaps, have you ever stood at a urinal and noticed an etching of a fly on the inside? This trend was started by an economist who worked for Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam. His idea was to etch an image of a black house fly onto the bowls of the airport’s urinals in order to serve as a pissing target for the pissing patrons. The exact location of the fly was designed to minimise splash back (both on the user and the floor!)
Said idea, as odd as it may sound, actually resulted in noticeably lesser accidental ‘spillage’ on the floor however and was indeed successful enough that the design has made its way around the world |
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