{"id":705,"date":"2019-09-06T20:23:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T20:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?page_id=705"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:35:42","slug":"outhouses-privies-and-toilets-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?page_id=705","title":{"rendered":"Sanitary (and unsanitary) Practices Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>In this presentation, we journey around the world and learn about sanitation practices (or the lack thereof) in various countries. The gamut runs from  O.D. (Open Defecation &#8211; the practice whereby 15% of the world&#8217;s population go out in fields, bushes, forests, open bodies of water, or other open spaces rather than using the toilet to defecate)  to the high-tech toilets found in Japan. We will explore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/drones-e1567801967702.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/drones-e1567801967702.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/drones-e1567801967702-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What country is using drones to combat open defecation?<\/li><li>When is World Toilet Day and Why?<\/li><li>What do pious Muslim men carry in their turbans?<\/li><li>How does one use the squat latrines of India?<\/li><li>What country had the motto &#8220;Toilets before Temples&#8221;?<\/li><li>How was waste handled in medieval castles?<\/li><li>Were trench latrines really used in World War I?<\/li><li>What once lined the London Bridge?<\/li><li>What percent of American&#8217;s want their toilet paper to roll over the top?<\/li><li>When was the flushing toilet invented?<\/li><li>Why was the Groom of the Open Stool a coveted position in Tudor England?<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this presentation, we journey around the world and learn about sanitation practices (or the lack thereof) in various countries. The gamut runs from O.D. (Open Defecation &#8211; the practice whereby 15% of the world&#8217;s population go out in fields, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?page_id=705\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}