Interesting Facts

powered by ODEO Astronauts wear nappies during launch and re-entry because they can't stop what they're doing should they need to urinate. (Of course they don't call them nappies, they call them "Maximum Absorbency Garments". Still, I wonder if kids would still want to be astronauts if they were told this little snippet?)

Every day UK parents bin eight million nappies. (So, is it irresponsible to use disposable nappies because they damage the environment, or are disposables heroes, for allowing women to spend less time cleaning soiled children and more time on work, leisure and the brighter side of parenting?)

Magdalena Laue, from Halle in Germany, devised a one-piece waterproof nappy made from India rubber in the 1890s. (And landfill has never been the same again.) !Note - A nappy is BrE, it is called a diaper in AmE .

Disposable nappies account for 2.5% of annual household waste in the UK. (Who counted them?)