Sir John Harington is known for many things. Poetry. Banishment. His propensity for writing smut. And, it turns out, he invented the first flush toilet.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flush_toilet
https://www.history.com/articles/who-invented-the-flush-toilet
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Throne-of-Sir-John-Harrington/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Markham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regimen_sanitatis_Salernitanum