Arts: Visit South Korea?s Toilet Museum

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Brow Beat Visit South Korea's Toilet Museum By David Haglund Posted Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012, at 06:30 PM ET Its official name is the Restroom Cultural Park, it opened last month in Suwon (home of Samsung), and it "centers around a toilet-shaped museum building that was once the home of Sim Jae-duck, founder and first president of the World Toilet Association." As Reuters reports: Legend has it that Sim, a former Suwon mayor who made his fortune with a metal products business and was dubbed "Mr Toilet," was born in his impoverished grandmother's outhouse. "He is a man whose life literally began in a toilet and ended at a commode-shaped house," said Lee Yeun-sook, manager of planning at the "Mr. Toilet Sim Jae-duck Foundation." Admission is free. (Via The World's Best Ever.) To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Choose Your Own Voters Napoleon Wasn't Defeated by the Russians PolitiFact Names Romney Ad "Lie of the Year"	Advertisement
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