Toilet Paper History: How America Convinced the World to Wipe

mentalfloss.com by Linda Rodriguez | Nov. 7, 2009 (Special Report)

the idea of a commercial product designed solely to wipe one’s bum? That started about 150 years ago, right here in the U.S.A. In less than a century, Uncle Sam’s marketing genius turned something disposable into something indispensable. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 7, 2009

A good report on the tissue issue

A light topic if you are getting behind on your reading, or vice versa.

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