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Throughout India and in Islamic cultures toilet paper isn't used and wiping is done exclusively with the left hand. The hand is then cleaned as well, but it's considered rude to eat with this hand as
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Origin of Toilet Paper
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Prior to toilet paper rags were commonly used, along with hay, leaves, moss, shells and even rocks. In the public bathrooms of ancient Rome a sponge on a stick resting in saltwater was used...and reus
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The first officially reported use of toilet paper was by the Chinese Emperor in 1391. Only royalty had access to the 2 ft x 3 ft pieces of paper
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In the 1700s colonial Americans used corn cobs to clean up, later replaced by newspapers and catalogues. French royalty used lace
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In 1857, New Yorker Joseph Gayetty introduced the first packaged Toilet Tissue in the US with a package of 500 sheets selling for $0.50. Called "Therapeutic Paper" it contained an abundance of aloe to
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The Scott Paper Co. introduced toilet paper on a roll in 1890 and began their own mass production of it in 1910. It was considered a medical item
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Toilet paper continued to have an issue with "splinters" until sometime in the 1930s
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2-ply toilet paper was introduced in England in 1942 by St. Andrews Paper Mill
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