Who invented the loo, w.c., toilet, les cabinets, das klosett, il bagno, el retrete, etc.?
The guy who came up with this little epigram: . Treason doth neuer prosper? What’s the Reason? for if it prosper none dare call it treason. . Yep, that’s Sir John Harrington (1560-1612). He was a courtier to Elizabeth I. Well known for having a gift of the gab, he used it to save himself from the queen’s wrath when he wrote a book skewering the Earl of Leicester. The reason we should think of him every day with thanks? He […]
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