when was toilette paper invented?
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Toilet paper?  You mean it's not like three sea shells in "Demolition Man?"\n\nThis comes from a web source; not me.  I stumbled across it while doing a house remodel.\n\n"Before the invention of toilet paper, it is believed that the Romans, the French, and early Americans used everything from salt water soaked sponges, lace, wool, corncobs, newsprint, rags, and catalog paper in place of toilet paper. In certain cultures people also use their left hand and water to clean themselves.\n\nChinese Emperors first felt the need for something to use to clean themselves and thus they ordered the first ever toilet paper in AD 1391. Each sheet of toilet tissue was then 2 feet by 3 feet. Much later, in 1857, Joseph Gayette made the first packaged toilet tissue for use in the US. He had his name printed on each and every sheet of toilet paper!\n\nIn 1890, the Scott Paper Company manufactured toilet paper on a roll, much as we know it today. 1935 saw the introduction of toilet paper without splinters and in 1942, two ply toilet tissue was invented by St. Andrew's Paper Mill of Great Britain."
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Generally: honeypots, cesspits, sewage in gutters. Shoveled up from streets and pushed into watercourses. Streams and rivers.\n\n"1589 -- Water closet invented by Sir John Harrington in England but indifference to filth and lack of sewage meant that the invention was ignored until 1778, when Joseph Bramah began marketing a patented closet. (Markham)."\n\n"1690s -- Paris becomes first European city with extensive sewer system. See Frederique Krupa's Paris: Urban Sanitation Before the 20th Century."\n\n"1711 -- Johnathan Swift notes the contents of London's gutters: "sweepings from butchers' stalls, dung, guts and blood, drowned puppies, stinking sprats, all drenched in mud..." (Markham, Brimblecombe)." (1)
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The toilet was invented in ancient times in India.  The modern toilet was invented or at least modified to its present functionality by John Crapper. Toilet paper per se is a modern invention refined by the company responsible for the Coronet tissue paper.  Yes, the bidet is a better alternative, especially if you suffer from hemorrhoids. For those who didn't answer this part of the question, this bathroom fixture is mostly used by women who have their period to clean themselves, but it also works very well in most people's arses.
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Aha, that's why I never need a handkerchief .... \nExcellent question, lmao !!! , strange that everyone else seems to think it was part of the History section though. 47 to go. \nhee hee
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The first lipcolor on grease base (and the color came of a snail the purpur snail) was used by french nobility during the reign of Louis the 14th. \n\nThe first mechanical lipstick was manufactured in 1920. you find the entire history of the lipstick in Jessica Pallingtons Book "Lipstick." You'll also find useful information about lipsticks and cosmetics in "10,000 years of Fashion" by Francois Leon Lois Borcher.
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This is pretty crazy:\nhttp://www.chindogu.com/chindogu/chin8.html\n\nPortable Toilet Paper Dispenser...
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Tsai Lun, is the inventor of paper. He lived and served as an official at the Chinese Imperial Court at the Han Dynasty in China at about 1800 years ago. In or about the year 105 A.D.,  He took the inner bark of a mulberry tree and bamboo fibers, mixed them with water, and pounded them with a wooden tool. He then poured this mixture onto a flat piece of coarsely woven cloth and let the water drain through, leaving only the fibers on the cloth. Once dry, Ts'ai Lun discovered that he had created a quality writing surface that was relatively easy to make and lightweight. He presented Emperor Han Ho Ti with samples of the paper. Chinese records do mention and credit Tsai Lun with the invention of paper. His name is well known in China.\n\nTsai Lun was a eunuch. Because he was an officer, he had the access to lots of resources, including money and human resources, for papermaking research. He was promoted by the Emperor for his invention and became wealthy. Later he got involved in palace intrigue, which led to his downfall. Finally he ended his life drinking poison.\n\nEven though archaeological evidence shows that paper may have been made even a little earlier, Ts'ai Lun was the first to have his efforts recorded. Like many inventors through the centuries, he built upon the work of others. \n\nOkay, people had written even before paper was invented. They scratched on cave walls, painted too, and drew characters on wet clay. They even wrote on papyrus made from thinly-sliced papyrus reed which they glued together to make a sheet.\n\nBut it was paper, not papyrus, which has come to touch just about every aspect of our lives, from term papers and books, to money and personal care products.
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Bernard Lassimone, a French mathematician, applied for the first patent (french patent #2444) on pencil sharpeners, in 1828. In 1847, Therry des Estwaux invented the manual pencil sharpener.
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My psycho mother used to go bezerk if we put the toilet paper facing the wall rather than the user growing up. To that I say who the heck cares what way toilet paper goes on the roll? It all goes down the same place anyways...
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Lewis Waterman in 1884\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa100897.htm
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It was first invented in France and in no way was it a fashion statement. In fact the tie was a piece of cloth, like a towel, which was used to wipe the mouth at the table. Over the years it became what you call today a tie and it is a fashionable item of clothing. You can buy cheap ones for a few dollars or designer ones at hundreds of dollars.
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An early pressure cooker, called a steam digester, was invented by Denis Papin, a French physicist, in 1679.\n\nWile E. Coyote cartoons had pressure cookers.
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Study egypt.3,500 years ago they made paper and it is very ez.It is call papyrus. I just got back from there and I believe it was the first paper ever made. I just bought some when I was there. Email me and tell me if you fine what you are looking for.gardezdfac@yahoo.com They call me (Spoon)
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The British word for toilet, "loo", derives from the French "garde a l'eau!" In medieval Europe people had little conception of hygiene and threw the contents of their chamber pots out the window into the street below. In France the practice was preceded by "garde a l'eau!" ("watch out for the water!"). In England, this phrase was Anglicised, first to "gardy-loo!", then just "loo", and eventually came to mean the toilet/lavatory itself. The American word for toilet, "john", is called after the John Harington who in 1596 invented an indoor water closet for Queen Elizabeth I.
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the firts paper making machine was made in 1803 , but it was susefully applied to printing at 1810 in germany by friedrich koeining. and finaly the power press was invented by american issac addams 1827
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plaster of paris and some newspaper! Or use construction paper and some toilet paper rolls and some poster board.
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Kites and paper construction techniques originated in China, more than 2000 years ago, but there is no definitive answer as to the date and place where the very first paper airplane was invented.\n\nHowever, Leonardo da Vinci did make reference to building a model plane out of parchment in his notebooks. As Leonardo was born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy, and died in May 2, 1519 in Cloux, France; his notebooks pre-date 1903 by about 400 years. \n\nTherefore the answer is yes, paper airplanes were around prior to 1903.