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The Non-Electric Bidet Idea America Gave Away to Japan
In 1964, a 24-year-old ad man from Brooklyn cobbled together spare parts to build his father a device that would wash him after using the toilet. It was a simple, non-electric bidet idea: water instead of paper, nothing plugged in....
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The Physics Behind Every Bidet Attachment (No Power Needed)
A bidet attachment has no motor, no pump, and no battery — and it still throws a controlled stream of water hard enough to clean you. The reason is sitting inside your walls already: your home's plumbing is doing all...
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The Real Bidet Cost of an Electric Seat (Not Just the Seat)
The price tag on an electric bidet seat is never the full bidet cost. If there isn't already a grounded outlet within reach of your toilet, the seat is the cheap part. The Sticker Price Isn't the Whole Bill Electric...
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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...
