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2. Flush toilet - Wikipedia

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   A typical flush toilet is a fixed, vitreous ceramic bowl (also known as a pan) which is connected to a drain. After use, the bowl is emptied and cleaned by the rapid flow of water into the bowl. This flush may flow from a dedicated tank (cistern), a high-pressure water pipe controlled by a flush valve, or by manually pouring water into the bowl ...

3. Toilet - Wikipedia

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   A toilet[ n 1 ] is a piece of sanitary hardware that collects human urine and feces, and sometimes toilet paper, usually for disposal. Flush toilets use water, while dry or non-flush toilets do not. They can be designed for a sitting position popular in Europe and North America with a toilet seat, with additional considerations for those with ...

4. Bidet - Wikipedia

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   Bidet. A bidet (US: / bɪˈdeɪ / ⓘ or UK: / ˈbiːdeɪ /) is a bowl or receptacle designed to be sat upon in order to wash a person's genitalia, perineum, inner buttocks, and anus. The modern variety has a plumbed-in water supply and a drainage opening, and is thus a plumbing fixture subject to local hygiene regulations.

5. Accessible toilet - Wikipedia

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   Accessible toilets are toilets that have been specially designed to better accommodate people with physical disabilities. Persons with reduced mobility find them useful, as do those with weak legs, as a higher toilet bowl makes it easier for them to stand up. Additional measures that can be taken to add accessibility to a toilet include ...

6. Jorō spiders, the mysterious arachnids invading the US ... - AOL

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   The UGA researchers discovered that the Jorō spiders' ability to remain so calm under stress, with the arachnids even staying still for hours, stems from a rare freezing response previously ...

7. Lavabo - Wikipedia

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   Lavabo. A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands. It consists normally of a ewer or container of some kind to pour water, and a bowl to catch the water as it falls off the hands. In ecclesiastical usage it refers to all of: the basin in which the priest washes their hands; the ritual that surrounds this action in the ...