Dad Tangent - Golden Toilets Through History

16/10/2025 5 min Temporada 1 Episodio 15

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What do Roman emperors, French kings, modern dictators, and Viktor Yanukovych have in common? An obsession with showing off wealth in the weirdest ways possible — and sometimes, that meant gold in the bathroom.In this Dad Tangent, we tour history’s most extravagant homes and bathrooms: from Versailles’ gilded halls with no toilets, to Saddam Hussein’s marble palaces, to Yanukovych’s infamous golden commode at Mezhyhirya. Along the way,we’ll discover why toilets became symbols of excess — and how one shiny seat came to represent corruption in Ukraine.Follow History with Dad for more tangents, leave a review, and share it with a friend who thinks luxury should stop at the bathroom door.Like what you hear? You can support the show at buymeacoffee.com/historywithdad

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