How Do Bidets Work?
BrainStuff
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🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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The most popular modern bidet was invented in the U.S., so why hasn't this technology caught on here? Learn the history of the bidet in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://home.howstuffworks.com/bidet.htm
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| 1:38.9 | Hey, Brain Stuff, Lauren Vogelbaum here. Americans as a culture are fairly interested in hygiene, |
| 1:45.9 | or a country that popularized hand sanitizer for example. But parts of Europe and Asia have been |
| 1:51.3 | on the bidet bandwagon for a long time, whereas Americans are apparently fine with cleaning their |
| 1:57.2 | bottoms less well than other cultures. But why? It might have to do with the bidet's long and |
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