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TIL toilet paper wasn’t “splinter free” until the 1930’s

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TIL toilet paper wasn’t “splinter free” until the 1930’s

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All the Ways We’ve Wiped: The History of Toilet Paper and What Came Before | HISTORY

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Among tools people used in the past were moss, sponge on a stick, ceramic pieces and bamboo 'spatulas.'

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