Most
likely you’ve had this happen to you at some point. You are going
to the restroom in a public place, and when you reach for the toilet
paper, you realize the roll is empty! This is a situation no one
wants to be in. Toilet paper is an essential item most of us use
every day. As a cleaning company that handles
consumable
supplies for St Louis Park businesses, we do our best to prevent
this situation from happening! We want to make sure all the essential
consumable supplies you need are well stocked and easily accessed.
Since
toilet paper is an essential consumable supply that we restock
regularly, we thought it would be fun to share some little known
facts about this paper on a roll.
1.
The first recorded use of toilet paper was in 6th
century China.
2.
Packaged toilet paper was first sold in the United States in 1857.
3.
The first splinter-free toilet paper was manufactured in 1935.
4.
About 4 billion people in the world (nearly 75% off the world’s
population) do not use toilet paper. Either it’s too expensive,
they don’t have adequate plumbing or they have other preferred
forms of cleaning.
5.
Throughout history, what people used to wipe depended on their
economic status. French royalty used lace while wealthy Romans used
wool soaked in rose water.
6.
The average American uses 100 rolls of toilet paper per year.
7.
Americans use an average of 8.6 sheets of toilet paper each time they
go to the restroom and an average of 57 sheets per day.
8.
There are about 83,048,116 rolls of toilet paper produced each day.
9.
7 percent of Americans admit to stealing toilet paper rolls from
hotels.
10.
When asked what they’d bring if stranded on a deserted island, 49
percent of people said toilet paper before food.
Hopefully,
you learned something new about toilet paper that you can share at
your next water cooler conversation! The next time you use the
restroom at your office, be thankful for consumable supplies like
toilet paper, and as a final tip, remember to always check the toilet
paper dispenser before sitting on the toilet – just in case!
If
you are interested in having All Source handle the consumable
supplies for your St Louis Park business, give us a call at
952-473-3228
or Contact
Us. We
will make sure you don’t run out of toilet paper!
