Military Plumbing - Throwback Thursday: The flushing toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen Elizabeth I. This is where we get the
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Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596
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