(In case youâre not familiar with it, Weight Watchers followers have a set number of points they can use for the day, and zero-point foods are a BFD.) The zero-points list used to just be fruits and vegetables, so this is a huge change.
While Thomas Crapper is commonly given credit for inventing the first flushing toilet in the late 1800s, the first version can actually be traced back to 1596. At this time, a British nobleman, Sir John Harrington, first engineered and invented a valve that could release water from the water closet (WC) when pulled.
Thomas Newcomen was a prominent British engineer, best known for inventing the atmospheric steam engine, which was the the worldâs oldest known steam engine for pumping water. The Newcomen engine largely influenced later designs such as James Wattâs engine.