![Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596 Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2018/04/4vtsga71-640x360.jpg)
Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596
![Henry Frederick, Prince Of Wales, With Sir John Harrington In The Hunting Fields Jigsaw Puzzle by Mountain Dreams - Pixels Henry Frederick, Prince Of Wales, With Sir John Harrington In The Hunting Fields Jigsaw Puzzle by Mountain Dreams - Pixels](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/medium/2/henry-frederick-prince-of-wales-with-sir-john-harrington-in-the-hunting-fields-robert-peake-the-elder.jpg)
Henry Frederick, Prince Of Wales, With Sir John Harrington In The Hunting Fields Jigsaw Puzzle by Mountain Dreams - Pixels
Fusion Plumbing & Heating - Did You Know... Sir John Harrington, Godson of Queen Elizabeth, invented the first flush toilet in 1596? Hence why people call it "The John". Now You Know-Vember.
![Kit Harington's great-grandfather was Sir John Harington, the inventor of Toilet (that's why it's also called a "John") - 9GAG Kit Harington's great-grandfather was Sir John Harington, the inventor of Toilet (that's why it's also called a "John") - 9GAG](https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/a6wg7M8_700b.jpg)