Hi Ella. So you have come here today to tell me about a story that we have been calling

Mr. Toilet House? Paint us a picture. Okay. It's actually, it is called the Mr. Toilet House.

That's the official name. Yeah. Or in Korean, Hi Wu J. It's in the city of Siouan, South Korea, and this is a house that is shaped like a toilet.

So... Okay, so that really is just what it is. It's accurate. Imagine a regular toilet bowl with a toilet seat, except it's two stories tall, and instead of being made of white porcelain,

it's just covered in windows, which is obviously a very nice feature for a home, you know,

being able to see out. This actually used to be the home of someone named Shim J. Duck,

who was the former mayor of this city of Siouan, though he was better known as Mr. Toilet.

Mr. Toilet, besides running a major Korean city,

he unabashedly dedicated his life to toilets.

He founded the World Toilet Association.

Obviously, he lived in this toilet-shaped house.

And he was actually born in a toilet.

I'm Johanna Mayer, and this is Atlas Obscera, and today we are talking about the Mr. Toilet House.

A really bad toilet experience can leave you feeling unsettled, tormented by flashbacks, even soiled.

But a good toilet.

Ew, Ella, gross.

This is a toilet episode, we can't be squeamish.

But a good toilet experience will give you that extra little bounce in your step.

And today, you can find many fantastic toilets in the country of South Korea.

But this was not always the case, until Mr. Toilet came along.

That's after this.

So... So this Mr. Toilet was born in a toilet? Is this true? How? Why? Tell me everything.

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