11 mind blowing toilet facts

We all use toilets but seldom like to talk about them, however, that does not eliminate the fact that there are some crazy facts out there which you probably didn't know about. 

For the people who have always believed a toilet seat carries the most germs, here are some facts for you to know!

1. Computer keyboards carry 200 times more bacteria than a toilet seat

PHOTO: JANITORIAL NEWS

2. More people in the world have mobile phones than toilets

PHOTO: THE SUNDAY TIMES

Yeah, obviously because using a mobile phone to tell people about the urge to go to the loo is so much cooler.

3. Up to 1 billion people still defecate in the open, in the absence of a toilet



Maybe because they prefer having cellphones rather than toilets?

4. Mobile phones have 18 times more bacteria than toilet handles

PHOTO: IT THING

Think about it next time you take your phone with you to the bathroom.

5. A toilet-themed restaurant in Taiwan, serves food on miniature toilets



Delicious. Not.

6. One-third of Americans flush the toilet while still sitting on it

PHOTO: SANITATION UPDATES

7. There is a World Toilet Day which takes place on November 19, every year



Forget World Children's Day or Earth Day, let's celebrate World Loo Day!

8. The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet seat



Totally thinking about moving my desk in the toilet.

9. The inhabitants of ancient Rome had a sewer goddess, a toilet god, and a god of excrement



We wonder how many people faced god of excrement's wrath in the form of constipation

10. An average toilet uses 6 litres of clean water in a single flush



Imagine how much water one could save by collecting all the discharge and flushing just once in day?

11. Before toilet paper was invented, people in Hawaii used coconut shells. 



Ouch.

This article originally appeared on FactSlides