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Napoleon, Waterloo, and the Bidet for Hemorrhoids
On the morning of June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte waited several hours before ordering his attack at Waterloo, and one of his own brothers later said a hemorrhoid crisis was part of the reason why. Two centuries later, anyone weighing...
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Bidet Hand Hygiene: What a 2022 Study Found on Your Hands
Thirty-two nursing students wore double gloves to the bathroom for a 2022 study — and the outer glove told researchers exactly how much bacteria toilet paper leaves on your hands. The Study Behind the Number Researchers examined microbial contamination on...
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Who Invented the Bidet? Historians Can't Agree on His Name
The man usually credited with inventing the bidet has at least two different names in the historical record, no surviving portrait, and no confirmed birth year. A Parisian Furniture Maker, Sometime Around 1710 Most bidet histories point to the same...
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How One Ad Campaign Buried the Toilet Paper Alternative
For 21 years, one man appeared in over 500 television commercials with a single job: stopping women from squeezing a roll of toilet paper. Long before anyone typed "toilet paper alternative" into a search bar, this campaign was working overtime...
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Why a Bidet for Small Bathroom Layouts Is Still Spanish Law
In one Spanish city, you cannot legally build a new home without a bidet. Not a suggestion, not a design trend — a building code requirement that has survived since 1986. The city is Zamora, in the region of Castilla...
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The Bidet for Cloth Diapers Parents Already Use Daily
The word "diaper" shows up in print for the first time in a William Shakespeare play. It had nothing to do with babies — it was just the name of a type of woven linen fabric. The baby version came...
