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# The Sixteenth-Century Poet and Courtier Sir John Harington, Ancestor of Kit Harington, Who Played Jon Snow in "Game of Thrones", Invented the First Flushing Lavatory for the Ageing Queen Elizabeth I
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/zhivshii-v-xvi-veke-poet-i-pridvornyi-ser-dzhon-kharington-predok-sygravshego-v-igre-prestolov-dzhona-snou-kita-kharingtona-izobrel-pervyi-unitaz-so-smyvom-dlia-sostarivsheisia-korolevy/
- Published: 2023-09-25T09:15:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:35:44.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Aristocracy, London, Monarchies, Science, Mores, Humour

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