World Toilet Day is November 19. So in preparation for this holiday, Offbeat Earth welcomes you into the world of toilets. In this post we will uncover the oddest toilets from around the globe, provide interesting facts, and even supply information about a toilet-shaped house! Yes, you read it right!
Toilet wars broke out in Japan in 2002 when two competing manufacturers battled for toilet nirvana. Matshushita engineers developed a toilet equipped with electrodes that release mild electric charges through the users’ buttocks, providing a digital reading of BMI. Rival company Inax countered with a glow in the dark toilet that plays music while in use. Toto, Japan’s Toilet Giant developed the Wellyou2, which measures the users’ urine sugar levels.
