With
the run on
toilet paper
that we’ve had
it’s nice to
learn about
it’s origin
This is a bit
of history
that will
truly make us
thankful. We
definitely
need to thank
the Chinese.
Sometimes it's
good to read
something that
makes you
smile! I know
that you have
always been
curious, so
now you'll
know.
1. The first
recorded use
of toilet
paper was in
6th Century
China.
2. By the 14th
Century, the
Chinese
government was
mass-producing
it.
3. Packaged
toilet paper
wasn't sold in
the United
States until
1857.
4. Joseph
Gayety, the
man who
introduced
packaged TP to
the U.S., had
his name
printed on
every sheet.
5. Global
toilet paper
demand uses
nearly 30,000
trees every
day.
6. That's 10
million trees
a year.
7. It wasn't
until 1935
that a
manufacturer
was able to
promise
Splinter-Free
Toilet Paper.
8. Seven
percent of
Americans
admit to
stealing rolls
of toilet
paper from
hotels.
9. Americans
use an average
of 8.6 sheets
of toilet
paper per trip
to the
bathroom.
10. The
average roll
has 333
sheets.
11.
Historically,
what you use
to wipe
depended on
your income
level.
12. In the
Middle Ages,
they used
something
called a gompf
stick, which
was just an
actual stick
used to
scrape.
13. Wealthy
Romans used
wool soaked in
rose water,
and French
royalty used
lace.
14. Other
things that
were used
before toilet
paper include
hay, corn
cobs, sticks,
stones, sand,
moss, hemp,
wool,
husks,fruit
peels, ferns,
sponges,
seashells,
knotted ropes,
and broken
pottery
(ouch!).
15. 70-75% of
the world
still doesn't
use toilet
paper because
it is too
expensive or
there is not
sufficient
plumbing.
16. In many
Western
European
countries,
bidets are
seen as more
effective and
preferable to
toilet paper.
17. Colored
toilet paper
was popular in
the U.S. until
the 1940s.
18. The reason
toilet paper
disintegrates
so quickly
when wet is
that the
fibers used to
make it are
very short.
19. On the
International
Space Station,
they still use
regular toilet
paper, but it
has to be
sealed in
special
containers and
compressed.
20. During
Desert Storm,
the U.S. Army
used toilet
paper to
camouflage
their tanks.
21. In 1973,
Johnny Carson
caused a
toilet paper
shortage. He
said as a joke
that there was
a shortage,
which there
wasn't, until
everyone
believed him
and ran out to
buy up the
supply. It
took three
weeks for some
stores to get
more stock.
22. There is a
contest
sponsored by
Charmin to
design and
make wedding
dresses out of
toilet paper.
The winner
gets $2,000.
23.. There was
a toilet paper
museum in
Wisconsin, The
Madison Museum
of Bathroom
Tissue, but it
closed in
2000.
24. The museum
once had over
3,000 rolls of
TP from places
all over the
world,
including The
Guggenheim,
Ellis Island,
and Graceland.
25. There is
still a
virtual toilet
paper museum
called
Nobody's
Perfect.
26. In 1996,
President
Clinton passed
a Toilet Paper
Tax of 6 cents
per roll which
is still in
effect today.
27. The
Pentagon uses,
on average,
666 rolls of
toilet paper
per day.
28. The most
expensive
toilet paper
in the world
is the
Portuguese
brand, Renova.
29. Renova is
three-ply,
perfumed,
costs $3 per
roll, and
comes in
several colors
including
black, red,
blue, and
green.
30. The CEO of
Renova came up
with the idea
for black
toilet paper
while he was
at a Cirque du
Soleil show.
31. Beyonce
uses only red
Renova toilet
paper.
32. Kris
Jenner uses
only the black
Renova toilet
paper.
33. If you
hang your
toilet paper
so you can
pull it from
the bottom,
you're
considered
more
intelligent
than someone
who pulls it
from the top.
(Wonder how
this was
determined?)
34. Koji
Suzuki, a
Japanese
horror
novelist best
known for
writing The
Ring, had an
entire novel
printed on a
single roll of
toilet paper.
35. The novel
takes place in
a public
bathroom, and
the entire
story runs
approximately
three feet
long.
36. When asked
what necessity
they would
bring to a
desert island,
49% of people
said toilet
paper before
food.
37. Queen
Elizabeth II
wipes her
royal bottom
with silk
handkerchiefs.
Wonder if the
royal
chambermaid
gets to wash
those?? Yeah,
sure wouldn't
want that job!
38. Muslims
wipe their
bums with
their bare
hand--- always
the left hand.
They eat with
their right
hand. If you
are caught
shop-lifting,
your right
hand is cut
off, forcing
you to eat
with your
poopy left
hand.
Yeeeechdt!
This history
was sent to
you using my
right hand.