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> The thing is, SkyMall was a blast. It was so consistently unhinged — night-glow toilet seat!

night-glow toilet seat actually turned out to be quite a popular product on Shark Tank. Kevin O'Leary put $100K for a 25 percent stake in it.

https://mashable.com/deals/oct-11-shark-tank-bathroom-produc...

There's been many copy cats all of which have tons of sales:

https://www.amazon.com/illumibowl/s?k=illumibowl



The product preceded this company. It has been advertised on infomercials since at least the 90s and possibly earlier.




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