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The History of Toilet Paper
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The History of Toilet Paper
the journey of a background hero.
THE BIRTH.
The first documented use of toilet paper in human history dates back to the 6th century, in early medieval China.
the start of a new era
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14TH CENTURY
(the huge toilet paper stage)
90 cm
early stages
During the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), an annual supply of 720,000 sheets of toilet paper were produced for the general use of the imperial court.
60 cm
COMMERCIALIZATION
fame approaches like a bright light
Toilet paper was first introduced to the public as flat sheets in 1857 by Joseph Gayetty in the US. Toilet paper dispensed from rolls was popularized when the Scott Paper Company began marketing it in 1890.
a few visuals...
Welcome to the present! The present of fair-colored, multi-plied, soft and not really child-sized toilet paper!
present
not everyone had paper though...
In places that did not know of the toilet paper, wealthy people wiped themselves with wool, lace or hemp, while less wealthy people cleaned themselves with rags, wood shavings, leaves, hay, stones, sand, water, snow, fruit skins, seashells, or corncobs, or a sponge on a stick like the people of Ancient Greece did.