Toilet Paper
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Updated: 20 Sep 2018
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The first modern toilet paper was used by the Chinese Emperor Family1857
Joseph C. Gayetty created the first commercially packaged toilet paper1871
Zeth Wheeler patents rolled and perforated (row of small holes) toilet paper1879
Thomas Seymour, Edward Irvin and Clarence Wood Scott founded
the Scott Paper Company and made the first toilet paper sold in rolls
Walter Alcock creates toilet paper on a roll and used perforated toilet paper instead of flat sheets1880
The British Perforated Paper Company began selling toilet paper in boxes of individual squares1885
Oliver Hewlett Hicks patented packages of toilet paper and the manufacturing process1897
Wheelers Company began selling and marketing standard perforated toilet paper on a roll1921
The Waldorf brand toilet paper made Scott Paper Company the number one toilet paper company1890
Scott Paper Company makes Waldorf brand toilet paper in rolls1928
German, Hans Klenk become the first toilet paper rolls seller in Europe.1935
Northern Tissue invented splinter free toilet paper1942
St. Andrew's Paper Mill in England began selling the first two layered toilet paper1943
Novelty toilet paper was printed with images of Hitler1973
Johnny Carson, a famous comedian, made a joke about supermarkets running low on toilet paper, people
took his words seriously and bought as much as they could, and the supermarket then ran low on toilet paper1990
Moist toilet paper was introduced to the UK by Andrex2001
Moist toilet paper was introduced to America by the company Kimberly-Clark, which took over AndrexToday
The toilet paper industry is large and toilet paper is available in several typesNew
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eventPeriods
2nd Century CE
The Chinese developed the first papermaking process2nd Century BE
The Chinese invented paper6th Century CE
The first documented use of toilet paper in early medieval ChinaLate 15th Century
Paper became widely availableLate 19th Century
Mass manufacturing of modern toilet paper beganNew time periodNew time periodNew time periodNew time periodNew time periodNew time period
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