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We’ll reveal the ingenious trick used in luxury hotels that will make you see toilet paper in a different way.hotel makeup – NanoPress.it
We use toilet paper every day , yet it always remains an extraordinary invention. Let’s find out more about its origins and what the trick is with all the hotels.
The origins of toilet paper
Toilet paper is one of those products that we use every day without thinking too much about it, but did you know that its origins date back thousands of years? The first precursors of this product were already used in ancient Egypt, where the rich used sea sponges to clean themselves after physiological needs.Toilet paper – Nanopress.it
In the Middle Ages, in Europe, people used small pieces of cloth called “ fineness cloths ” to clean themselves. Despite their name, these cloths were not particularly hygienic and were often reused multiple times.Toilet paper, the origins – Nanopress.it
The very first one was invented in China , where it was common to use rice paper for hygienic purposes. Rice paper was produced by hand and used by the wealthier classes.
Modern toilet paper was invented in 1857 by an American engineer named Joseph Gayetty . Gayetty created sheets of paper pre-lubricated with aloe and sold them as a hygienic anal cleansing product. However, his product was not very successful and was soon forgotten.
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