The Invention of Toilets
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Published 2016-06-07
We live only once and money making is not all.
It is harmony with beauty and harmony with nature which makes us really feel good.
Beauty has an important function.
Beauty is always underestimated."
-Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1999)
Disclaimer: Do not drink water out of your toilet!
Special Thanks To The Hundertwasser Foundation
www.hundertwasserfoundation.org/en/
www.hundertwasser.com/
Special Thanks To Neil Bromhall
youtube.com/user/neilbromhall
www.rightplants4me.co.uk/
BOOKS
Friedensreich Hundertwasser by Wieland Schmied
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Remaking The John: The Invention And Reinvention Of The Toilet by Francesca Davis Dipiazza
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Bedbugs And Chamberpots: A History Of Human Hygiene by Elizabeth Poynter
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Toilets Of The World
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HUNDERTWASSER WRITINGS
Peace Treaty With Nature
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Burial Beliefs
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ASSET CREDITS
Roman Latrine by Álvaro Pérez Vilariño
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Map of London Sewer By Philg88;
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Amnesty International Slum Stories
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The Thames It Is A-Changin’: Wildlife Returns To The River by David Adam
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No Toilet, No Bride
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British Medical Journal Poll
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Solar-Powered Toilet System by Caltech
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Clean Water Is Everyone’s Problem by XPRIZE
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Water.Org
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Food Rotting Time-lapse - Yogurt And Fruit by GammelFood
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Artwork Of A. Paul Weber
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Janicki OmniProcessor
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Gates Notes
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The Nano Membrane Toilet
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INFORMATION
The Metamorphosis of Ajax, Ajkes And Early Modern Urban Sanitation By Dolly Jorgensen
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Health, Height And Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980
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Ordinances For Sanitation In A Time Of Mortality by Pistoia
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WHO MDG Water Sanitation Report
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World Development Report 2016 by World Bank Group
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UN Water Facts
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World Toilet
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Why We All Need To Start Drinking Toilet Water
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Composting Loos Should Be The Answer To The World’s Toilet Crisis
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Public Toilets In The Middle Ages
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How The River Thames Was Brought Back From The Dead
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Special Thanks To Expert Joshua J. Mark
www.ancient.eu/user/JPryst/
VIDEO CREDITS
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
Instagram: instagram.com/kevlieber
Twitter: twitter.com/kevinlieber
Website: kevinlieber.com/
Contributing Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
koala.fm/
VFX by Eric Langlay
youtube.com/c/ericlanglay
Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi
jaypellizzi.com/
Coordination By Lisa Solimeo
twitter.com/SometimesITweet
Special Thanks Paula Teixeira
www.etsy.com/shop/Craftality
Select Music by Jake Chudnow
youtube.com/user/jakechudnow
Outro Music - Towers Of Glass by Matt Hill
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Vsauce2 Links
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/VsauceTwo
Website: www.vsauce.com/
All Comments (21)
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It's so sad how people make jokes about this serious topic. The highest thumbs up comments are bad puns about feces, and they fail to comment on how beautifully constructed the video is. Thank you so much Kevin for this educational video I love this channel for that reason. I truly appreciate the time and research you put in this video. Thank you once again.
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To be honest becoming a tree after dying is kind of a really awesome idea.
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Damn, Kevin really knows his shit.
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I find it more strange that he drank water out of a wine glass
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I like the uniqueness of Vsauce2. I'm glad it isn't Vsauce1.1.
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He still didn't explain why the hell we use drinkable water in our toilets??!
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Glad to see you put the toilet paper on correctly...
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One of the most beautiful quotes that mention poop I've ever heard. "Sewage becomes energy, and we become a forest of the living dead."
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Never thought a video about toilets could be so beautiful.
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Holy shit, this video was informative yet emotional. It brings a whole new meaning to the circle of life and how precious nature it. Keep it up Kevin, love you.
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Speaking of Hundertwasser,we had a art piece called the Pavillion of Nature in my old New Zealand school of Birkdale Intermediate. The Pavillion of Nature was made in Hundertwasser's style,as he stayed in New Zealand. He was dead when it was built,but they found a document of him wanting to build it,so they did it and it was an EXACT REPLICA to his idea.
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Vsauce, Vsauce 2 and Vsauce 3, I learn more about biology,astronomy, physics and history from you guys than from what I've learned at highschool, no matter the subject you always find a way to make it interesting and explain even complex things in a clear and simple way, I really appreciate your work and thank you for bringing more culture to Youtube :)
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The last point he made is actually quite important to me. George Carlin made a point that graveyards and golf fields should not exist as large as they do or not at all. In my opinion, death is a part of everything we have to do with. Think of the places you'd liked to be buried instead of in a wooden box. You take up place & not even given back to life after yours is done. I truly believe if we are to make improvements in this world, what we value & our customs must change.
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Sudden urge to drink out of my toilet (more than usual)
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the first video about poop in wich I ended up so emotional....almost crying
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It's amazing how this would be a perfectly fine high quality video if it ended halfway, but he then stopped to tackle the subject from another perspective, which made the video fantastic. You deserve everything you have, Kevin.
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Who knew a video about poop could be so beautiful?
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"We become a forest of the living dead" is the most beautiful thing I've heard all day.
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The guy at 2:24 is like "haters gon' hate, but imma still do a handstand"
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Leave it to Kevin to make a video about poop interesting and philosophical.
