Caring about toilet noise: from feudal-era to 21st century

Caring about toilet noise: from feudal-era to 21st century

YAKAGE, Japan - A bronze urn dating from the 19th century, called ''Otokeshi-no Tsubo'' (Urn for Covering the Sound) and kept in storage at Yakage Folk Museum in Okayama Prefecture, is believed to have been used to disguise the sounds of feudal lords urinating.(Kyodo)

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