His invention featured a water tank and a flush valve. However, toilets did not become widespread until 250 years later. In most of medieval Europe, pits in the ground, latrines, or chamber pots were used.
If someone was born into wealth, they could afford the luxury of using a "garderobe" (derived from the French word "garde-robe"), which was a small room built into the walls of a medieval castle. The toilet was connected to a vertical well that extended all the way to the ground.
The word "garderobe," which literally translates to "guarding the garment," came from the practice of hanging clothes over the well as a way to kill fleas using ammonia in the urine.
Occasionally, brave knights would conduct sneak attacks by entering the castle through the shaft connected to the garderobe. Throughout history, there have been several famous people who died in toilets. Some of them were stabbed from above while defecating.
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