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Drop your most "wtf that's not how the world works" from movies/tv shows. (lemmy.world)
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I'm aware of the NCIS scenes, what else you guys got?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't that only how American(?) toilets work? Other places don't flush using the siphon effect.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wouldn't know. There are toilets in the US that use a high pressure flush, but they still have a siphon. It's there so that the toilet can flush without water pressure from the mains (you can flush a toilet by dumping a bucket of water in it) and it also forms a seal that prevents sewer gas from flowing back up through the toilet. So even if the toilet uses an alternate flushing method, it probably still has a siphon.