ORLANDO, Fla. – Toilet paper, bathroom tissue, loo paper, TP. No matter what you call it, we hope all of you have used it at some point when visiting the bathroom.
But do you know the importance of the item you just flushed down your toilet? Or how it came to be? Class is in session as we talk about the history of -- toilet paper.
Yes, this is what we’re going to talk about. Let’s go back to the very beginning -- when going to the bathroom meant bending over behind a rock or a tree.
During that time humans would clean themselves up with whatever they could find lying around their designated spot. Maybe a rock or a tree branch and if you’re lucky a soft leaf.