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About plumbing:
Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids through pipes, valves, plumbing fixtures, tanks, and other apparatuses. The most common uses of plumbing heating and cooling (HVAC), waste removal, and potable water delivery. Here are a few interesting facts that you may not have known about plumbing..
Plumbing Facts You Probably Never Knew
- “Plumbing” is generated from the word plumbum. In Latin, it means lead.
- It can be traced back to 3,000 B.C. when it was used by the Indus River Valley civilization.
- In 1829, The Tremont Hotel in Boston was the country’s first hotel to integrate indoor plumbing.
- A leaky faucet that drips twice per minute, adds up to a gallon of water per week.
- Since 1963, the amount of copper piping installed in American homes is enough to lap around the Earth 200 times.
- The toilet is also called ‘the John’ or ‘the crapper’. These names came from John Harrington (who invented the flushing toilet), and Thomas Crapper (who made it famous).
- We flush toilets more times during Super Bowl than any other time of the year.
- Both of the Super Mario Brothers are plumbers.
- Ever heard of the saying ‘beards are cool, mullets are not’? 75% of people prefer the flap of toilet paper to be in the front.
- Albert Einstein once said that if he could do everything over again, he’d prefer to be a plumber.
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Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbing
https://pattersonplumbing.com/plumbing-fun-facts/
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