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France in Turmoil: Protesters Raise Toilet Brushes in Unprecedented National Uprising

On October 17, hundreds of thousands of French citizens took to the streets to protest the rising cost of living, raising toilet brushes as revolutionary symbols. Faced with this sanitary uprising, the government reportedly responded in its usual fashion: meetings, commissions and an impressive amount of communication designed to ensure that absolutely nothing gets cleaned up.

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ITBI Opens Proceedings for the Recognition of an Official Toilet Brush Emoji

The Institute intends to petition the Unicode Consortium for the formal recognition of a Toilet Brush emoji, citing a conspicuous gap in the digital representation of sanitary life: the toilet, toilet paper and even the plunger already enjoy official emoji status. The Brush does not.

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