[["The toilet was actually invented long before in 1596 but he  did develop the ballcock, an improved tank-filling mechanism still used in toilets today and made the first widely sold toilets in the early 19th century.  ", 35.0], ["Although Thomas Crapper was a sanitary engineer, he didn\u2019t invent the flush toilet. In fact, the idea for toilets that flushed dates back to the 1400s.  In 1596, Sir John Harington built a flushing toilet at his house near Bath, England, for the visit of his godmother, Queen Elizabeth I.", 32.0]]
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