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In 1077, Robert, the oldest son of William the Conqueror, initiated a years-long insurrection against his father after his two younger brothers dumped a full chamber-pot over his head and his father failed to punish them for it.
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In 1732 Jonathan Swift wrote a poem about a man who sneaks into his mistress' dressing room and smells her filthy chamber pot full of poop.
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William Randolph Hearst was expelled from Harvard in 1887 for sponsoring large beer parties in Harvard Square and sending chamber pots to his professors
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There were more than 200 servants in the Palace of Versailles to serve the King of France. Some of the servants had the job of emptying the royal chamber pot (toilet).
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One of the earliest "hobo nickels" (edited US coins) from the 1850s was the "potty coin", engraved on United States Seated Liberty coinage and modifying Liberty into a figure sitting on a chamber pot.
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South Korea has the world’s first toilet themed amusement park. It has a museum dedicated to the culture of loos, showing photos of public toilets from around the world, and a showcase of historical urinals, from European chamber pots to Korean squat toilets.
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The Palace of Versailles, despite its historic reputation for opulence, didn't have bathrooms (or water closets) and chamber pots were in short supply so many nobles, visiting commoners and the dogs living at the palace just defecated wherever was handy.
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About chamber lye. Stale urine collected from chamber pots, used when washing laundry.
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Rubus coreanus, AKA 'Bokbunja'. Legend has it that this wild blackberry native to Korea does wonders for the male virility. In fact, the name 'Bokbunja' means "Man turns over the chamber pot", as in, his stream of piss is so strong it turns over the instrument he pees into.
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Using the term “commode” to refer to a restroom is a reference back to the days of the chamber pot, when people would store their their chamber pot in a commode or other type of cabinet to keep it out of sight.
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The mold for first penicillin was grown in ceramic chamber pots borrowed from local prison, and that first commercial growing vessels were designed after them
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Marcel Proust loved asparagus pee smell, as it, "transforms my chamber-pot into a flask of perfume."
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In 1077 Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, instigated his first insurrection against his father as the result of a prank played by his younger brothers William Rufus and Henry, who had dumped a full chamber-pot over his head.
The origin of calling someone who is drunk 'shitfaced' traces back to a time in Edinburgh where everyone would dump their chamber pots out the window at the same time of night. Sometimes someone would be too drunk to remember to not be out at this time and they would receive a poo facial. - source
