each year, there are 40,000 toilet-related injuries in the u.s.

worldwide, more people have access to cell phones than to toilets.

more than 1 billion - with a 'b' - people in the world still defecate in the open, anywhere they need to go. attempts to provide latrines failed, because none of the people affected could see any use for them.

1 in 6 cellphones have traces of fecal matter on them. the reason? they were used in the bathroom.

in a random survey, 47% of teenagers and 22% of adults have used a smartphone while sitting on the toilet.

in 2008, a kansas woman had to be rescued from her boyfriend's bathroom. she spent the prior 2 years sitting on his toilet, during which time her legs atrophied and her body fat became attached to the toilet seat.

space shuttles eject astronaut waste water prior to re-entry. unfortunately, in 1984, an ejection attached itself to the shuttle discovery as it froze. the pee-icicle had to be broken off with the shuttle's robotic arm, and the toilet was shut down for the remainder of the mission.