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Robert Peake the Elder | Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Military Plumbing - Throwback Thursday: The flushing toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen Elizabeth I. This is where we get the
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