π World Toilet Day (2001)
Where: Singapore
π On This Day: November 19
November 19, 2001: World Toilet Day. It sounds funny, but it's very important! On this day in 2001 the World Toilet Organization was founded in Singapore, and today it is a United Nations day. Clean toilets stop diseases from spreading, yet many people in the world still don't have a safe toilet.
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- 1969 π Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed on the Moon's Ocean of Storms, becoming the third and fourth people to walk on the Moon.
π§ Question of the day
Where was the World Toilet Organization founded?
- Paris
- Singapore
- Sydney
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Answer: Singapore
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What happened on November 19?
November 19, 2001: World Toilet Day. It happened in Singapore.
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