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SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer; inventor of the flush toilet Date: 1561 - 1612 Stock Photo - Alamy
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SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer at the age of 30; he invented the flush toilet Date: 1561 - 1612 Stock Photo - Alamy
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Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596
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