Interesting facts about toilet paper

The production of toilet paper accounts for almost 10% of the total production of industrial wood products.Every year, the world sells toilet paper for 2.4 billion dollars.Only 30% of the world's population uses toilet paper.In Europe, toilet paper of the traditional white color is best sold. The exception is only France: its inhabitants prefer a glamorous-pink.In the public restrooms of Ancient Rome instead of toilet paper wooden sticks with a sponge at the end, soaked in salted water, were used.The indigenous population of Hawaii used toilet paper as a shell from coconuts!In Russia, toilet paper began to be produced in the 16th century. for the needs of the court of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.In India and some countries of the Middle East, the alternative to toilet paper is its own left hand. Of course, the hand after the toilet is very carefully washed. Nevertheless, in these states the transfer of an object or the touch of the interlocutor with the left hand is regarded as a serious insult.The American newspaper "Old Farmer's Almanac" is a special printed edition for rural residents, which began to be published since 1792. Several decades of the 19th century. this newspaper came out with a special perforation, so that after reading it it was convenient to hang it in the toilet and "use it".By the end of the XIV century. the release of toilet paper in China has reached an industrial scale. Only for the toilets of the imperial palace were produced 720 thousand sheets, and personally the emperor and his family were intended 15 thousand. The catalog of the department store Sears, Roebuck & Company, which was published at the end of the XIX century, enjoyed incredible popularity among farmers, because it was printed on soft paper, perfectly suited for hygiene purposes. However, in the 30-ies. In the last century, American villagers stopped ordering it: the catalog paper became more dense and of high quality.Mass industrial production of toilet paper began in 1857 in the United States. It was organized by an entrepreneur named Joseph Gaietti. He advertised his product as an excellent tool for the prevention of hemorrhoids. Interestingly, Gayetti did not disdain to place his name on every sheet of toilet paper.German businessman Hans Klenk made a considerable fortune playing on the shyness of the consumers of toilet paper. The first slogan by Hakle, founded by Klenk, was the following appeal: "Ask for Hakle rolls, and you do not need to say" toilet paper "out loud! By the way, the very name Hakle (Hakle) GmbH is formed from the first syllables of the name Hans Klenk. Now this company is one of the world leaders in the sale of toilet paper and other hygienic goods.In England, toilet paper began to be sold since 1880. It was gray, rough and thick. They sold such paper not in rolls, but in rectangular boxes. The first Englishman to think of selling pipifax in rolls was William Alcock. Since the British were embarrassed to buy toilet paper, it was veiledly called "paper curlers".In 1944, Kimberly-Clark (a manufacturer of toilet paper from the United States) received an award from the Congress for the supply of this strategic goods to American soldiers who fought the Nazis in Europe. In 2010, the same firm received an award from US environmentalists for patented a method that allows for production without the inner carton tube on which paper is wound. This trifle reduced the amount of garbage on Earth by 160 billion tons per year.Mass production of toilet paper in the USSR was established in 1969 at the Syas pulp and paper mill. First, nobody bought the paper - Soviet people did not understand why spend money, if there are newspapers. Toilet paper even had to be advertised in cinemas and forced to distribute among workers in enterprises. But when the people figured out why this oddity is needed, toilet paper quickly became one of the scarce goods.In 1973, J. Carson, presenter of one of the popular American television shows, jokingly said on the air that the production of toilet paper was declining in the United States, and it was about to be on the shelves of stores. This joke caused a real crisis: the Americans dumped all the paper from the shelves of stores, and within 20 days in the country there was a sharp deficit. Carson even had to apologize to the people of the USA for his unsuccessful joke.Imagine that you are driving on a motorway six meters wide at a speed of 110 km / h. That's exactly the way paper is made - 1800 m per minute, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.Spanish fans use toilet paper to make garlands and posters for matches from it. Therefore, in the days before the Spanish championship games, it is very difficult to buy toilet paper in stores.

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