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Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins
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The origins and history of toilet paper I always found interesting.
Mid to late 1800s people were still using whatever they could find. Magazines, corn cobs, pages out of books, their fucking hand. People must have stunk. The Sears catalogues were a big thing back then. No one talked about it bc it was deemed embarrassing and socially taboo.
Scott brothers came along and started making and marketing toilet paper.
But no one would buy it. Everyone was too embarrassed to be seen buying toilet paper and thus admitting they poop. It just sat on the shelves.
Hotels started to carry the Scotts toilet paper and it became a big hit. People would go to hotels to use the bathrooms and the toilet paper.
Eventually we went from out houses to indoor plumbing and you couldnt flush corn cobs and books down the pipes.
Charmin came along early 1900s and started marketing soft toilet paper.
Scotts and Charmin toilet paper.
American success stories.