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Toilet paper is a soft tissue paper product used to maintain personal hygiene by cleansing after defecation or urination. more...

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Toilet paper, which differs in composition from facial tissue, is designed to deteriorate when wet in order to keep drain pipes clear. Some types of toilet paper are designed to decompose in septic tanks, while other bathroom and facial tissues do not. Most septic tank manufacturers advise against using paper products that are non-septic tank safe. In different countries, toilet paper is called "loo roll/paper", "toilet roll", "dunny roll/paper", "poo tickets", "bog roll" or even "bathroom tissue" " the junk for the trunk". "Jax roll" (a simplified version of "jacks-roll") is a widely used expression in rural Ireland.

History

The first use of toilet paper in human history dates back to the 6th century AD, in early medieval China. Although paper had been known as a wrapping and padding material in China since the 2nd century BC, the Han Dynasty Chinese court eunuch Cai Lun invented the standard papermaking process by 105 AD. By the 3rd century, paper as a writing medium became widespread in Chinese culture. Then there is an interesting quote written by the scholar-official Yan Zhitui (531-591 AD) in 589 AD about the use of toilet paper: "Paper on which there are quotations or commentaries from Five Classics or the names of sages, I dare not use for toilet purposes".

During the later Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) a Muslim Arab traveler to China in the year 851 AD remarked:

"They (the Chinese) are not careful about cleanliness, and they do not wash themselves with water when they have done their necessities; but they only wipe themselves with paper."

During the Song Dynasty (960-1279) the world's first paper printed money was issued by the government, and not long after, during early 14th century (Yuan Dynasty), it was recorded that in modern-day Zhejiang province alone, there was an annual manufacturing of toilet paper amounting in ten million packages of 1000 to 10000 sheets of toilet paper each. During the Mulan Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), it was recorded in 1393 AD that 720,000 sheets of toilet paper (two by three feet in size) were produced for the general use of the Imperial court at the capital of Beijing. From the records of the Imperial Bureau of Supplies (Bao Chao Si) of that same year, it was also recorded that for Emperor Hongwu's imperial family alone, there were 15,000 sheets of special soft-fabric toilet paper made, and each sheet of toilet paper was even perfumed.

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