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Why TV finales once made water pressure plunge

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When an insanely popular television event ends, public infrastructure suffers. During legendary broadcast finales in the 1980s, millions of people held it in until the final credits rolled. The subsequent simultaneous flushing of millions of toilets caused massive drops in municipal water pressure that terrified city engineers.

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