Definitely NOT bog standard! The world's wackiest toilets revealed

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Definitely NOT bog standard! The world's wackiest  toilets revealed

A toilet block in Chott el Djerid, southern Tunisia, provides a colourful pit stop for tourists needing to spend a penny Spending a penny is one of life's most mundane chores, but a new book aims to show just how interesting a loo break can be.

While the majority of humans make their call of nature in a bog-standard (no pun intended) bathroom, some innovative WCs in awe-inspiring locations perfectly complement their environment.

From desert huts made from palm fronds, to a cistern hanging off a rock in British Columbia that is powered by the moon, Toilets: A Spotter's Guide, by Lonely Planet, reveals more than 100 of the wackiest loos around the globe.

The book says: 'The lavatory is a great leveller – everyone feels the call of nature, every day – but, like any common species, being ubiquitous doesn't make it uniform.

'Around the planet, toilets have followed various evolutionary pathways to best suit their environment.' 

Read on to see some of the zaniest toilets from Tunisia and Japan to outer space...

Read more: DailyMail 

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