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No, he really did invent the flush toilet. It's not that surprising; people starting calling the toilet "the crapper" because he invented it. The word did not exist before his invention. It wasn't like the word already existed, and by some hilarious coincidence a guy named Crapper just happened to invent something that you, um...crap in.
Besides, if the terms "crap" and "the crapper" had already existed, don't you think the Crapper family would have long since changed their name to something else? Crapport, maybe?
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Was Thomas crapper knighted?
no
Why is the toilet called the crapper?
Thomas Crapper helped make the flushable toilet more popular in the late 1800's as this was the name on the toilet "Thomas Crapper & Co"
Is thomas crapper black?
yes
Where did thomas crapper live?
London
Is john j crapper the same man as Thomas Crapper?
yes he was mistakenly called john
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