Small, completely personal moments that have marked history

Small moments, details ultimately change the whole. “I'm going to the bathroomHe says, by the time he returns, the world will have changed! The small and completely personal moments that stood out to her date

“I'm flying moment in the bathroom…”. How many times have we not heard this phrase? In the company there is always a friend who, as soon as you are ready to leave somewhere, asks you for a favor for these few minutes in the place where he is Kings– As they say – they stay alone…

But what happens?When those few minutes of necessary isolation change the course of your life and sometimes the course of history itself? Let's take a look at some of the cases that caused a sensation.

Johnson and “If” in Vietnam..

the President of the United States of America Lyndon Johnson Behind him John Kennedy Immediately after the latter was killed. Johnson was not a particularly popular politician, but he was always doing something to justify his exit from the rooms of the White House. For example, she opened her door Hell to Vietnam For thousands of American soldiers and more. In his youth, Johnson served in Navy As a reserve officer, in 1942 he was assigned to fly a bomber plane over enemy lines with other colleagues. Minutes before takeoff, Johnson felt an urgent urge to go to the bathroom.

“Guys, I'll be back soon.” He said and entered the small room. The plane had already started the engines, the army was in a hurry, and a lieutenant colonel replaced Johnson, so that they could leave as quickly as possible. And they left. Johnson went out and saw the plane in the sky now. After a short while, he learned that that plane had been shot down by the Japanese and that no one had survived! As they say, Johnson returned to the toilet. The romantics claim that he cried beautifully, but others, more cynically, say that the laugh heard was the laugh he was trying to stifle… On the Toilet, the Subsequent President of the United States… If Johnson had not gone to the toilet, what would he have done in Vietnam? if…

The chocolate fell on him hard.

King of England George II He had just drank a warm cup of chocolate – certainly golden – that had arrived from the depths of his colonies… The powerful king sat for some time by the lit fire in the drawing-room, played with his dogs – most likely of the Corgi breed – and suddenly the pain in the stomach made him get up and run to the bathroom. “Damn chocolate, what did I want, you spoiled me. Tea and tea again…” he muttered and ran to catch up. And look what he said. His last words were the toilet bowl and the throne from where he “left” to meet the Lord to complain to him about the chocolate… George died of “needs” and the doctors diagnosed his condition with “ruptured abdominal aorta.” Let the king drink chocolate again from then on.

What do pigeons want?

It was Jean-Paul Marat French Politician and columnist in the revolutionary newspaper “Friend of the People” and one of the most important figures of the French Revolution. Mara was an outcast from life and death, as described by historians of his time: he was ugly, short, dirty, and suffered from a skin disease that made him smell bad. Hugo considered him “Minister of Destruction” and Chateaubriand: “Caligula of the Street”…but his followers applauded him as a patriot, a visionary and a true friend of the people. And that Mara suffered a very sad death that was recorded in the Book of Immortality by Jacques-Louis David…

Mara's enemiesThey tried to exterminate him in every way, and even printed pamphlets that said: “May Marat’s head fall and the Republic be saved… Cleanse France of this man…” One such advertisement fell into the hands of young Charlotte Cordette, who took it personally: she bought a kitchen knife with a wooden handle and an eight-centimetre blade. The young woman entered Mara's house, looked for him everywhere, but did not find him. Where was the rebel? But where else? In his toilet! His skin disease was at its peak, and the miserable Mara spent long hours submerged in the lukewarm water of his bathtub. There, in his cramped toilet, Charus found him, unable to reply, accompanied by little Charlotte. A few days later, the 25-year-old assassin's head fell from her sword guillotine.

That war…was not being fought

In the gloomy darkness of the morning, Japanese soldier Kikujiro couldn't help but secretly went to defecate under the nearby Lugu Bridge. Beijing. At that time an officer happened to be looking for him. The other soldiers tried to excuse him: “The earth opened and swallowed him,” they said, looking at each other in fear. Immediately, when his unexplained absence was noticed and it was not known what happened to Kikujiro, his superiors assumed that he had been kidnapped by… Chinese people! Given the extremely tense relations between the two countries, the attack was ordered without a second thought. This incident was the beginning of it Second Sino-Japanese Warin July 1937. This was essentially one of his “recognition shots.” World War II.

After I refused Arbitrarily requested by the Japanese to search for the missing Kikujiro, in the nearby city of Wanping, the Chinese began to mobilize their military forces while the Japanese sent reinforcements to besiege the city. When Kikujiro finished his work and returned to his battalion: “…Where have you been?” they said to him? “Because…” he answered.
“Good, the way you do it now, they don't come together,” they answered and gave him the gun.

The king couldn't bear it…

the Elvis Presley He was the king of rock and roll, and he was done. In 1977, Elvis Presley was only 42 years old, but his addiction to painkillers and opioids made him look much older. He was in the bathroom reading a book entitled: The Scientific Research on the Face of Jesus. On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley was found dead on the bathroom floor of his home. An autopsy later revealed that Elvis did not defecate for several weeks — more than a month — and that the pressure in the toilet likely strained the heart, leading to a fatal heart attack.

last night Elvis had visited his dentist due to a serious problem, which included taking a large amount of strong painkillers and codeine. The official cause of his death will remain a mystery until the files are declassified in 2027. Some online sources – of questionable credibility – claim that Elvis was constipated for 4 months before his death. Another king left short-lived as kings always find themselves alone…

This is not the pump…

And something special. the Submarine The U-1206 Type 7C was commissioned on 16 March 1944. For her time, she was a high-tech ship equipped with the latest fixtures and amenities, including a state-of-the-art toilet. Well, that ruined it…
It was a new type of latrine, designed to allow the ship to descend to greater depths to avoid attack by Allied ships or aircraft, but it had a very complex system of high-pressure valves that required special training to use. Operating all these new machines was a very complex process and specialized technicians trained the engineers for months on their operation. For example: Incorrectly opening valves in the wrong order may cause sewage or seawater to rush into the structure. When the submarine captain Carl Adolf Schlitt (Karl Adolf Schlitt) The crew took control, and in early May they trained to handle it for the rest of 1944.

On April 14, 1945 The captain reportedly had to use the toilet several times after developing irritable bowel syndrome, but he also had trouble with how to handle the tanker, for example; After failing to figure out how to operate the washing mechanism, the captain asked for help. Unfortunately, the mechanic who came didn't remember something…and soon the bad happened: he opened the wrong valve!

Incorrect handling The valves caused water to enter the submarine and the cabin began to fill with a mixture of seawater and human sewage. They quickly flooded the front compartments and then the battery compartment. This was the decisive blow: chlorine gas was called in, which covered the entire hull of the submarine and forced the captain to issue the order to surface. Unfortunately for them GermansTheir boat was very close to its shores Scotland It was quickly detected by Allied radars. The crew poured onto the deck and were frantically gasping for fresh air when British planes began bombing the boat. Three crew members drowned when the ship sank in heavy waves, and 37 of them were rescued and taken prisoner, but they were lucky because World War II was about to end.

Japanese writer Yunkyo Tanizaki wrote: “Truly, the toilet is the best place to listen to the noise of insects, the sound of birds, see the moon properly at night, and taste the heartbreaking beauty of the changing seasons, and I dare say that the poets here conceived many of their thoughts…”! This is what he wrote and highlighted.
So before you visit the toilet for any reason, remember that some people wrote history in it…