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Squatty Potty Founder Accused of Buying CSAM

Utah entrepreneur Robert Edwards faces federal child sex-abuse material charge after FBI sting

(Newser) - The Utah entrepreneur who turned a toilet stool into a nationally known product now faces a federal child sexual abuse material charge. Robert "Bobby" Edwards, 50, co-creator of the Squatty Potty , was indicted on Feb. 10 and arrested two days later, according to the US attorney's office in...

In Japan, Expect Your Toilet to Make Some Noise

Devices that mask bathroom sounds are the newest trend in Japan's high-tech public restrooms

(Newser) - Japan's famously high-tech toilets are getting a new upgrade: sound-masking devices designed to cover up the less melodic realities of public restrooms. These gadgets, often called Otohime, or "Sound Princess," are now a staple in Japanese bathrooms, emitting everything from rushing water to birdsong with the push...

Mystery Over $10M Gold Toilet Seems to Be Solved

Mets boss Steve Cohen appears to be owner of the golden throne set to hit Sotheby's auction block

(Newser) - The art world's shiniest mystery has finally been flushed out: An infamous $10 million gold toilet is hitting the auction block , and the owner is none other than Mets boss and billionaire Steven Cohen, sources tell the New York Times . The 18-karat throne, crafted by conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan...

Sotheby's Latest 'Incisive Commentary:' $10M Gold Toilet

Maurizio Cattelan sculpture up for auction is named 'America'

(Newser) - For sale: the world's most valuable toilet. Sotheby's announced on Friday that it will auction off the solid gold commode, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled "America." The auction house calls it an "incisive commentary on the collision of artistic production and commodity...

Kohler Made a Camera for Your Toilet

Dekoda device scans waste to assess hydration, gut health, and more

(Newser) - Kohler is no stranger to the bathroom, but it has historically provided ways for people to deal with their waste—not analyze it. The company is venturing into the world of personal health tech with the Dekoda , a device that clamps to the rim under your toilet seat and can...

You Might Want to Rethink Taking Your Phone to the Toilet

Study links phone use with extra toilet time, higher odds of hemorrhoids

(Newser) - Scrolling through your phone during bathroom breaks may be a more significant health risk than you realize, according to a new study. Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that people who brought their smartphones to the toilet spent noticeably longer time there—often over five minutes—compared...

Deion Sanders Has Good Reason for His Personal Porta-Potty

Colorado coach has it set up on sidelines to smash incontinence stigma after his bladder cancer bout

(Newser) - Deion Sanders doesn't care what anyone thinks—if nature calls, he wants to be ready. USA Today reports that the head coach for the University of Colorado's Buffaloes football team has had a portable toilet set up for himself on the sidelines at Boulder's Folsom Field, in...

Ratings for These 'Smart' Toilets Are 'Through the Roof'

Tech-driven restrooms offer privacy, accountability, rapid deployment for cities

(Newser) - America's public restroom shortage is so dire the country now ranks 30th globally, sharing the spot with Botswana. Building more traditional bathrooms isn't the simple answer, though, as upkeep and misuse quickly turn new facilities into cautionary tales. Enter "smart" restrooms, an experiment led by the...

Doctors: Stop Sitting on the Toilet So Long

Habits like scrolling through your phone can cause health issues, they warn

(Newser) - Now that it's become common to bring phones along to the bathroom, doctors have some unfortunate news about those extended potty breaks. Regularly sitting on the throne for longer than 10 minutes isn't great for your body and can have health consequences, CNN reports. Here's why.

Women Win 'Urination Equality' Fight in Amsterdam

City will start installing more public toilets in October after years of protests

(Newser) - It's been almost a decade since Geerte Piening, a 21-year-old student living in Amsterdam, got fined for peeing in public after she couldn't find an accessible loo late at night. Now, women there are celebrating after a long fight to set up more public toilets in the Dutch...

Americans Keep Buying Bidets, and They're 'Never Going Back'

Bathroom contraption became increasingly popular in US during pandemic, and it seems to be sticking

(Newser) - Four years ago this month , as the pandemic kicked into high gear, most of us were scrambling to track down homemade face masks and scrounging for toilet paper. Thanks to the latter annoyance, many Americans started flocking to buy what's long been standard in other nations worldwide: the bidet...

Ramaswamy Learns the Hard Way About the 'Mute' Button

Presidential candidate is heard urinating during convo on X with Elon Musk, Alex Jones, others

(Newser) - The last thing you want to do while taking part in a live online chat is forget to press "mute" while heeding nature's call. Vivek Ramaswamy found that out the hard way over the weekend, when his bathroom break was heard 'round the internet after getting picked...

Solid Gold Toilet Stolen From Churchill's Birthplace
4 Charged in Theft
of $6M Gold Toilet
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Nov 7, 2023 4:38 PM CST

4 Charged in Theft of $6M Gold Toilet

Artwork was stolen in 2019 from mansion where Winston Churchill was born

(Newser) - Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the English country mansion where Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at $5.95 million, was an artwork titled "America" and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by Italian conceptual...

Mall Evacuated After Suspicious Toilet Found

Note left with painted toilet outside California mall claimed it was a bomb

(Newser) - A person was taken into custody in Glendale, California, on Thursday night after a suspicious toilet triggered an evacuation of the Americana mall. The Glendale Police Department says the toilet, painted with numerous designs and symbols, was left outside the mall's movie theater with a note claiming it was...

This Is Not What You Want to Find in Your Toilet

Tucson woman discovers a snake in her bathroom after 4 days away

(Newser) - Like a scene out of a horror movie, Michelle Lespron returned to her home in Tucson, Arizona, to find a snake had set up camp in her toilet. "I'd been gone for four days and was looking forward to using my own restroom in peace. I lifted up...

San Francisco Was Going to Spend $1.7M on Single-Toilet Public Restroom

Although, that plan may be changing after uproar

(Newser) - Ever since the Noe Valley Town Square opened in San Francisco in 2016, families have been urging the city to install a bathroom in the plaza. San Francisco says it's going to do just that. At a cost of $1.7 million. By 2025. The odd story surfaced courtesy...

She Drops Phone in Outhouse. Things Get Much Worse

Woman gets stuck in toilet trying to retrieve it in Olympic National Forest

(Newser) - A woman who accidentally dropped her cellphone into the hole of an outhouse in a national forest and fell in while trying to retrieve it had to be rescued by firefighters in Washington state, per the AP . Brinnon Fire Department Chief Tim Manly said the woman, who was at the...

19-Year Fight Over Loud Toilet Is Finally Over
19-Year Fight Over Loud
Toilet Is Finally Over
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Jan 23, 2022 1:55 PM CST

19-Year Fight Over Loud Toilet Is Finally Over

Couple wins lawsuit over owners of neighboring apartment

(Newser) - Back in 2003, somebody flushed a toilet in the middle of the night in Italy and the couple in the neighboring apartment thought, boy that was loud. Nineteen years later, that couple near La Spezia has finally won their legal case against the neighbors for too-loud flushing at night, reports...

Crew Returning in SpaceX Capsule Must Wear Pee Pads

Toilet issue can't be fixed in Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule docked at the ISS

(Newser) - Update: When four astronauts head home from the International Space Station this month, they'll have to relieve themselves on their person. CNN reports the crew reached the ISS in April, and the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule that has since been waiting to take them home is experiencing the...

Python Escapes From Home, Bites Neighbor on Toilet
He Sat on the
Toilet at Dawn.
Suddenly, a 'Nip'
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Jul 11, 2021 9:15 AM CDT

He Sat on the Toilet at Dawn. Suddenly, a 'Nip'

Python escapes from Austria apartment, ends up in neighbor's bathroom

(Newser) - An elderly Austrian man had an unpleasant surprise waiting for him while answering nature's call early Monday: a python, in his toilet. The man, identified by the BBC as 65-year-old Walter Erhart, tells the broadcaster that he "went to the toilet as usual" in his Graz apartment around...

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