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The use of toilet paper has been traced as far back as 6th-century China. In 1393, while medieval Europe was still wiping with rags, wool, and hay, the Imperial Court in Nanjing was documented to have used 720,000 sheets of toilet paper, and we're not talking small squares — each sheet was roughly 2 by 3 feet. The emperor and his family alone used 15,000 sheets of "a particularly soft and perfumed" type of TP.

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Whether it's been with leaves, corn cobs, or pages of the Sears catalog, people have been wiping long before toilet paper was available or popular. But it was a New York man named Joseph Gayetty that invented sheets of aloe-infused hemp in 1857 that were specifically meant for cleaning up our nether regions. A few decades later, Clarence and E. Irvin Scott popularized toilet paper on a roll, but the embarrassed brothers didn't claim their innovative new product for years.

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Today's toilet paper is noted for its softness and smoothness, with fancy additives like lotion and aloe, but that wasn't always the case. It used to be far more rough and coarse, and nascent production techniques meant that your most delicate bits could be in for an unpleasant surprise. It wasn't until 1935 that the brand Northern Tissue (now Quilted Northern) began to specifically market "Splinter Free" toilet paper.

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Despite Americans' burgeoning love affair with toilet paper, talking about it was considered uncouth. Until close to the turn of the century, magazines wouldn't accept ads for toilet paper, and it wasn't until 1975 that TV commercials could even call it toilet paper instead of the euphemistic "bathroom tissue."

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In the 1950s, toilet paper in shades of pink, blue, and other cotton-candy hues started crowding shelves. It only made sense: New bathrooms were being outfitted with all manner of colorful, coordinated toilets, sinks, tubs, and tile. Colorful toilet paper eventually fell out of favor in the '80s, apparently when health officials started warning that the dyes could have adverse effects on users' skin and the environment.

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Europe-based Renova, a luxury paper products company, sells scented three-ply toilet paper in a variety of colors, including red, fuschia, and black. It doesn't come cheap, with a pack of six 140-sheet rolls selling for more than $8.

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Johnny Carson Helped Touch Off a Toilet Paper Shortage in the '70s

In late 1973, the iconic late-night talk show host joked about toilet paper potentially running out after reading media reports about a pulp-paper shortage. Carson's audience, wary from shortages touched off by the OPEC oil embargo, flooded stores to buy all the toilet paper they could find, keeping store shelves bare and reinforcing the notion of a shortage where there really was none.

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The timid grocer who pleaded with patrons not to squeeze the Charmin appeared in a staggering 504 ads for the toilet paper brand during a 21-year span, from 1964 to 1985. At one point, he polled as the best-known American behind only Richard Nixon and Billy Graham. His ubiquitous (but perhaps not quite as iconic) successors? Cartoon bears who have a disturbing habit of "leaving pieces behind."

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The average American uses 57 squares of toilet paper every single day, or roughly 100 rolls a year.

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When it comes to our toilet-paper obsession, Americans are in the minority. As much as three-fourths of the world simply doesn't use the stuff, preferring to rinse with water instead. But the recent toilet paper shortage may be causing a bathroom revolution: Bidet sales are off the charts right now.

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In 2011, to celebrate National Toilet Paper Day, Procter & Gamble unveiled a roll of Charmin that measured 8.5 feet tall and nearly 10 feet across. Made to scale in Missouri from the same paper that goes into regular rolls of Charmin, it dwarfed the previous world-record toilet paper roll, which was a mere 5.5 feet across.

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The Toilet Paper Man, an Australian company, made a roll of "100% usable and safe" three-ply toilet paper from 24-karat gold in 2013, inspired by solid-gold toilets in Dubai. The ultra-luxurious toilet paper, which the company says did eventually sell, was to be hand-delivered with a bottle of champagne.

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It's an ongoing fissure in bathrooms around the world: Do you hang the toilet paper roll "over," with the loose end on top, or "under," with the loose end closer to the wall? With the latter, there's more chance that your dirty hand will have to touch unused portions of the roll, potentially spreading viruses and bacteria. In a similar vein, it's also better not to cover a public toilet seat with toilet paper, because the paper is way easier than the seat for germs to cling to, experts say.

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One thing is for sure: Today's toilet paper shortage doesn't stem from any breakdown of the international supply chain. Just shy of 10% of our toilet paper comes from other countries, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, though that still makes us the biggest toilet-paper importer in the world. Of the percentage that is imported, close to half comes from Canada, while the rest is mainly from China or Mexico.

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Once upon a time, a square of toilet paper was 4.5 inches by 4.5 inches, but manufacturers aiming to squeeze more profits out of the product (apologies to Charmin) have increasingly shrunk squares a half-inch in each direction. Consumer Reports has also documented fewer square feet per roll for many brands.

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Charmin sells a 2-pound, 12-inch Forever Roll of toilet paper that can last up to a month before it needs to be changed. Since it won't fit on most standard wall-mounted holders, it comes with a special stand that can accommodate its weight and girth. There are 1,700 sheets per Forever Roll, compared with about 500 sheets for most other two-ply rolls

And you thought you knew a lot about toilet paper.


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just another a$$hole rich kid doing stupid things. Sad. He should have to drive Kia's for the rest of his life. There a vid of the accident. After he lost control in a straight line and hit the cars. he fled the scene and drive for another 3 blocks til he hit other cars.

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Barris customized this 61 Rolls for actress and Hollywood socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Sedanca de Ville

My favorite big car. It comes in some nice Firemist paint colors

These were not as successful as hoped.

Why's that, you say?
















'Cause Cheetahs never win.

K

we have TP..first time in way over a month..never thought i could get excited over TP..crazy
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