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  2. Toilet-related injuries and deaths - Wikipedia

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    Infants and toddlers have fallen headfirst into toilet bowls and drowned. Safety devices exist to help prevent such accidents. [1] [2] Injuries to adults include bruised buttocks and tail bones, as well as dislocated hips have resulted from unexpectedly sitting on the toilet bowl rim because the seat is up or loose.

  3. Water-reactive substances - Wikipedia

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    Water-reactive substances [1] are those that spontaneously undergo a chemical reaction with water, often noted as generating flammable gas. [2] Some are highly reducing in nature. [ 3 ] Notable examples include alkali metals , lithium through caesium , and alkaline earth metals , magnesium through barium .

  4. MythBusters (2003 season) - Wikipedia

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    Pouring gasoline down a toilet and lighting it will cause the toilet to explode. Busted The gasoline simply burned without exploding. Even half a tin of gunpowder in the toilet bowl was not able to eject Buster from the seat, though his clothes did smolder.

  5. Don’t sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

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    The National Academy of Medicine recommends 2.7 to 3.7 liters of water daily. Additionally, the US Department of Agriculture recommends 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories of food.

  6. People are reporting that their watermelons are exploding ...

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    Food scientists weigh in about why, whether they're safe to eat, and how to store watermelons to prevent this. People are reporting that their watermelons are exploding. Here’s why it happens

  7. How clean is your water bottle? Report finds it can have more ...

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    On average, a reusable water bottle had 40,000 times more bacteria than a toilet seat; 14 times more than a pet water bowl; five times more than that computer mouse; and twice the bacteria of a ...

  8. Pit latrine - Wikipedia

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    Ideally, the shelter or small building should have handwashing facilities available inside or on the outside (e.g. supplied with water from a rainwater harvesting tank on the roof of the shelter) although this is rarely the case in practice. In the shelter, anal cleansing materials (e.g. toilet paper) and a solid waste bin should also be available.

  9. My Life As a Homeless Man in America - AOL

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    Gas is costing $10 to $15 a day, food is $5 to $8 a day, coffee $7, beer $9, ice $45 a month, nicotine patches $86 a month, and jugs of spring water $80 a month. Other incidentals like toilet ...