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    I try and send stimulating informative information to help you broaden your knowledge of the world. 
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 in 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. Obama tried to triple that but the House wouldn't pass it.

27. The Pentagon uses, on average, 666 rolls of toilet paper per day.

28. The most expensive toilet paper in the world is from 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??   Yech, 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!

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Coke-in-MN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Afton MN Points: 41439	Post Options Post Reply Quote Coke-in-MN Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: TP trivia Posted: 08 Feb 2019 at 8:26pm
	I try and send stimulating informative information to help you broaden your knowledge of the world. 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 in 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. Obama tried to triple that but the House wouldn't pass it. 27. The Pentagon uses, on average, 666 rolls of toilet paper per day. 28. The most expensive toilet paper in the world is from 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?? Yech, 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!!
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Hubert (Ga)engine7 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6206	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hubert (Ga)engine7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Feb 2019 at 8:46pm
	Some amusing facts, but not one mention of the Sears & Roebuck catalog. Guess I am dumb, I pull my paper from the top.
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DiyDave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gambrills, MD Points: 51175	Post Options Post Reply Quote DiyDave Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Feb 2019 at 8:59pm
	The bare facts, no chit!

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	seashells and stones ?
	Like them all, but love the "B"s.

DiyDave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gambrills, MD Points: 51175	Post Options Post Reply Quote DiyDave Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Feb 2019 at 9:03pm
	#33 shows that anything chuck todd sez is a lie! http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/20/chuck-todd-says-he-will-change-the-direction-your-toilet-paper-hangs/ Old chuckie is so dumb he'd rub a corn cob the wrong way!!

wide Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 29 Dec 2018 Location: north iowa Points: 169	Post Options Post Reply Quote wide Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Feb 2019 at 9:12pm
	Mullen is natures toilet paper. I thought this was going to be a back-to-front? or front-to-back? post. ha

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	You mean Mullein,,,I hope. #33 is ABSOLUTELY false. I FINALLY taught my wife to use it over the top. After the reasons I showed her she relented and admitted it made more sense. Just proving that it don't mean chit......
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	Nobody with a playful cat in the house goes over the top with the paper. They can empty a roll in seconds.
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	Cat have some intestinal problems there, MNLonnie?

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	An over active young beagle can stretch a roll if toilet paper down the hallway in seconds. One of ours has done it more than once. We have a freestanding to holder. Wife will be doing her hair, he will give her this devilish grin, grab the loose end, and take off running.
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	we always used velvet leaf weeds out in the fields! and, and, how do they cut the rolls to length? I never carried TP in the tractors until we started doing all night hay rack rides!

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	Yup, Sears & Wards catalogs for sure. Some on that list sure did reminded me of deer hunting emergencies. Edited by weiner - 10 Feb 2019 at 8:27pm
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shameless dude Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 10 Apr 2017 Location: east NE Points: 13611	Post Options Post Reply Quote shameless dude Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 2019 at 9:45pm
	weiner...you ever hear a buck snort behind a bush, then discover it was just yer buddy?

Ken in Texas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Henderson, TX Points: 5919	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ken in Texas Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 2019 at 9:53pm
	Men use TP for one thing. Women on the other hand have a choice of using TP for 2 things. Now you know why that brand new fresh roll in your community bathroom gets small so fast. I'm a way below average TP user. 3 sheets. 4 at the most per trip to the pot. I think the average in #9 of 8.6 sheets per trip to the rest room has to be low for American Woman.

Ted J Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Location: La Crosse, WI Points: 18777	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ted J Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 2019 at 10:13pm
	Corn leaves work in an emergency. also long sleeved shirts and part of a T-shirt. And if it's a REAL emergency, you can just toss your Fruit of the Looms.....
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Ken in Texas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Henderson, TX Points: 5919	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ken in Texas Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 2019 at 11:37pm
	Bought a Bathroom Emergency Kit years ago with instructions on when and how to use. It was 3 Corn Cobs in a box behind glass. 2 red cobs and a white one. Instructions were- In case of emergency break glass. Remove number 1 red cob first. Then use white cob second to see if it was necessary to use red cob number 3. Wish I knew if you can still buy these kits anywhere anymore. Edited by Ken in Texas - 12 Feb 2019 at 3:05am

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	you can Ken, seen them in tourist traps across the country many times. other wise I spose you could make yer own!

desertjoe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13502	Post Options Post Reply Quote desertjoe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 2019 at 8:26am
	Well,,,I really thought Ann Landers had pretty much settled the "over the top, or out the Btm" years ago,,,,and I been doin it the "out The Btm" since then,,,,, The wife always did over the top and asked me why I would put new rolls "out the Btm",,,and she tried my method when I Loudly stated,,,," By Golly,,Because Ann Landers said so,,!!" Case closed, That is so true bout a cat unrollin a whole roll if over the top,,,,so can a young Grandson,,,,,,