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10 Facts About The Toilet Habits Of Brits Including How Many Of You Use Your Phone

10 Facts About The Toilet Habits Of Brits
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Straw poll: how many of you use your phones on the toilet? That's what we thought: way too many for our liking.

Bathrooms.com have conducted a survey to find out just what goes on behind closed doors, and the results are grim. Apart from the fact about the number of bathrooms in Buckingham Palace. No one needs that many, Your Madge.

Take a look:

10 Gross Bathrooms Facts You Wish You Didn't Know
1. 75% of people use their phones on the loo.(01 of10)
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2. Nearly one-third admit to taking a call, and 24% actually called someone whilst answering nature's call.(02 of10)
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3. The average person goes to the loo on average 6 to 8 times a day, or about 2500 times a year.(03 of10)
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4. 25% of men sit, just so their hands can be free to use the phone.(04 of10)
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5. 59% send texts and 45% email on the pot.(05 of10)
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6. In the last three years, the London Fire Brigade has been called out 18 times to get children's heads out of potty or toilet seats.(06 of10)
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7. 70% of Britons don't wash their hands properly after using the toilet.(07 of10)
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8. 15% of men don't wash their hands at all, and of those who do, only 50% use soap.(08 of10)
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9. 7% of women never wash their hands, and of the ones who do, a full 78% use soap.(09 of10)
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10. These, along with the aforementioned statistics, is probably why one in six mobile phones has faecal matter on it.(10 of10)
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