Nagao Kagetora. Japanese feudal lord; assassinated while using the toilet.
Edmund II died in 1016. His Occupation was King Of England. He died on the toilet when he was pooping, a Viking hid in the hole he was pooping in and stabbed him in the posterior.
The emperor was strangled in his bath by Narcissus, a wrestler who was tasked with the deed by a small group of conspirators: the Praetorian Prefect, Aemilius Laetus; Commodus' chamberlain, Eclectus; and Commodus' mistress, Marcia.
"Defecation syncope" is the official term for fainting while trying for No. 2.
Spending too much time on the toilet causes pressure on your rectum and anus. Because the seat is cut out, your rectum is lower than the rest of your backside. Gravity takes over, and blood starts to pool and clot in those veins. Add in any straining or pushing, and you may have a recipe for hemorrhoids.
1 poop per day at 12 minutes each would be 4,380 minutes per year, or 73 hours per year. The average life expectancy is 79 years old, so multiply 73 hours by 79 years to get 5,767 hours. Then convert that number to days and you get around 240 days. You heard it here, folks.
Research shows that a toilet flush can aerosolize pathogens, spreading them to nearby surfaces. That can include your phone, if you rest it on a sink by the toilet, for example. But even beyond aerosolized bacteria, there are risks posed by plain old bad hygiene.
“When you bear down to poop, you raise the pressure in your spinal column, technically called the intrathecal pressure. Sometimes that rise in pressure will cause the discs in your spine to move against the nerves where they exit the spine and cause numbness, weakness, and a generally weird feeling down the legs.
Purge fluid is decomposition fluid that may exude from the oral and nasal passages as well as other body cavities (see the image below). Postmortem purge fluid exudes from the oral and nasal passages; no traumatic injuries were uncovered at autopsy.
When out on patrol, Roman soldiers would just go to the toilet wherever they were. Back at the fort, they shared communal toilet spaces, such as can be found at Hadrian's Wall. The toilets had their own plumbing and sewers, sometimes using water from bath houses to flush them.
Caligula's assassination: the most brutal of Roman emperor deaths.
The Romans cleaned their behinds with sea sponges attached to a stick, and the gutter supplied clean flowing water to dip the sponges in. This soft, gentle tool was called a tersorium, which literally meant “a wiping thing.” The Romans liked to move their bowels in comfort.
It was actually 300 years earlier, during the 16th century, that Europe discovered modern sanitation. The credit for inventing the flush toilet goes to Sir John Harrington, godson of Elizabeth I, who invented a water closet with a raised cistern and a small downpipe through which water ran to flush the waste in 1592.
While the vast majority of deaths in all populations occur either in hospitals/health facilities or at home, a small percentage of deaths occur elsewhere, primarily in public locations, mostly due to road traffic accidents and homicides.
24-72 hours after death — the internal organs decompose. 3-5 days after death — the body starts to bloat and blood-containing foam leaks from the mouth and nose. 8-10 days after death — the body turns from green to red as the blood decomposes and the organs in the abdomen accumulate gas.
Terminal respiratory secretions, commonly known as a “death rattle,” occur when mucous and saliva build up in the patient's throat. As the patient becomes weaker and/or loses consciousness, they can lose the ability to clear their throat or swallow.
Pushing hard during a bowel movement puts pressure on your spinal column. This is called “intrathecal pressure.” The extra pressure can cause the discs in your spine to push against the spinal nerves, leading to numbness, weakness, or a tingling sensation in the feet and legs.
Are there any long-term effects from a dead leg? A condition called myositis ossificans can be caused if a dead leg is caused to re-bleed during recovery. This very serious condition can occur if someone returns to activity too soon, or through over-vigorous massage or stretching of the quadriceps muscle.
That's because body fat cushions the blood vessels in your legs, preventing them from getting compressed when you sit. But if you don't have that cushioning, your blood vessels can get compressed, causing another problem to blood flow—and ultimately, tingling feet.
Today's smartphones are built to withstand being dipped in water for a limited time. If you recover your phone immediately after dropping it in water, you may still be able to use it. But you should expect muffled speakers and a stuffy microphone.
How often do you clean your phone? Researchers at the University of Arizona found that cellphones carry ten times more bacteria than a toilet seat. While many bacteria are harmless, some studies have found serious pathogens on cellphones like E-Coli, MRSA, and Strep.
IP68: Even deeper
With a couple of iPhones, the IP68 rating means that they can be submerged in up to four metres of water for a maximum of thirty minutes.