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 * Toilet** = sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human urine and feces.

More than one billion people defecate in the open due to lack of proper toilet facilities. According to the United Nations, the provision of proper toilets could save the lives of more than 200,000 children each year. The countries where open defecation is most widely practiced are the same countries with the highest numbers of under-five child deaths, high levels of under-nutrition and poverty, and large wealth disparities.

International organizations, particularly the [|World Toilet Organization], have promoted World Toilet Day. In 2013, the United Nations officially recognized November 19 as World Toilet Day in a bid to make sanitation for all a global development priority.

For World Toilet Day [|Planeta.com] encourages readers to share photos of toilets that conserve or simply do not use water. A good example from the travel sector are the dry composting toilets used by Ecuador's [|Black Sheep Inn]. There are no doubt more examples from around the world. Show us!

Celebrations
[] [] [] http://www.open.edu/openlearn/body-mind/world-toilet-day http://www.walkthisway.fr/portfolio/world-water-day https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-history-behind-world-toilet-day-november-19 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/2016/11/15/62d09e6c-a76e-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html [|@UN_Water] [|@BlackSheepInn] Hashtag: [|#WeCantWait]
 * November 19 ** World Toilet Day

Translating: Bathroom
English: Loo, Lavoratory, Restroom Ayuuk, Santa Maria Ocotepec, Mexico - Nasyo’yïn tëjk Spanish - Baño

Headlines
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-24/toilet-tourism-when-public-loos-become-public-art/8634230 [|Why a rhino urinates at the same rate as a raccoon — and why that’s useful to know] [] [] [|Legends of the Stall: Building a Culture of Experimentation] [] [|Eco-Friendly Toilets: The Bathroom Guide with tips from the Black Sheep Inn]

Twitter
[] [] [|@UN_Water] [|@BlackSheepInn]

Recommended Listening
[|Poop Train - Radiolab] [|When the *%#^ hits the fan!]

Elsewhere on the Web
http://brokentoilets.org [] [] [] [] [] http://www.vox.com/2015/1/22/7871579/poop-feces [|Toilet Tuesday]

Language
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Buzzword Bingo
Artisinal Outhouse - Baño - Bathroom - Comfort Room - Lavatory - Nasyo’yïn tëjk - Outhouse - Pee - Poop - Restroom - Roll - Shit - **Toilet** - WC

Apps
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toilet-finder/id311896604?mt=8

Toilet Talk
Voy tirar el miedo - I have to pee (Mexico)

Filing
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[|www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/09/south-korea-toilet-theme-park]
 * Theme Parks**

Questions
What are good examples of signage? What are good examples of eco-friendly practices? Is there an app that shows the nearest clean toilets?

Quotes
No one ever blamed the toilet wall for having offensive comments written on it. - Comment made during 11.2012 NetHui

Wikipedia
[|Toilet] [|Mundial_del_Retrete]

FYI
[|Thomas Crapper] was one of the early makers of flush toilets in England.

Misc
Nunca vayas al baño en un sueño, es una trampa...?

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