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An Airline Pilot Reveals Where Your Poop Goes After You Flush

A video has been making the rounds of an airline pilot revealing where your poop goes after you flush.  Most people think it dumps directly down into a waste area…

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A video has been making the rounds of an airline pilot revealing where your poop goes after you flush.  Most people think it dumps directly down into a waste area below, but that's not exactly the case.

It goes through a plumbing system to the back of the plane, and into a sealed compartment for the ground crew to remove.  He adds that a long-haul flight will have over 1,000 flushes, and create over 320 gallons of waste.