Just Toilet Paper?

Toilet paper is a soft paper product (tissue paper) used to maintain personal hygiene.  It differs in composition somewhat from facial tissue: most modern toilet paper in the developed world is designed to decompose in septic tanks, whereas some other bathroom and facial tissues are not. Most septic tank manufacturers advise against using paper products that are non-septic tank safe. Different names, euphemisms and slang terms are used for toilet paper in countries around the world, including “loo roll/paper,” “toilet roll,” “dunny roll/paper,” “bathroom/toilet tissue,” “4 inch” “TP,” or just “tissue.” Toilet paper can be one-, two- or three-ply, or even thicker, meaning that it is either a single sheet or two, three sheets placed back-to-back to make it thicker, softer, stronger and more absorbent. Color, scents, and embossing may also be added, but fragrances sometimes cause problems for consumers who are allergic to perfumes.

Although paper had been known as a wrapping and padding material in China since the 2nd century BC,the first documented use of toilet paper in human history dates back to the 6th century AD, in early medieval China.In 589 AD the scholar-official Yan Zhitui (531–591) wrote about the use of toilet paper:

“Paper on which there are quotations or commentaries from the Five Classics or the names of sages, I dare not use for toilet purposes”.

During the later Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD), an 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 early 14th century, it was recorded that in modern-day Zhejiang province alone there was an annual manufacturing of toilet paper amounting in ten million packages of 1,000 to 10,000 sheets of toilet paper each. During the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 AD), it was recorded in 1393 that an annual supply of 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 Nanjing.From the records of the Imperial Bureau of Supplies 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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Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the United States. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated.

Thanksgiving in North America had originated from a mix of European and Native traditions. Typically in Europe, festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest, and to rejoice together after much hard work with the rest of the community. At the time, Native Americans had also celebrated the end of a harvest season.When Europeans first arrived to the Americas, they brought with them their own harvest festival traditions from Europe, celebrating their safe voyage, peace and good harvest. Though the origins of the holiday in both Canada and the United States are similar, Americans do not typically celebrate the contributions made in Newfoundland, while Canadians do not celebrate the contributions made in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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Cool, Strange and Interesting Facts – Part III

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.

6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

11. Dalmatians are born without spots.

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).

14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.

28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.

36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

Cool, Strange and Interesting Facts – Part II

Fact 1. The worlds tallest free fall rollercoaster is The Giant Drop located in Australia. The drops is 120 meters which is equivalent to a 39 storey building.

Fact 2. The Xerox company was initially called the Haloid Company.

Fact 3. The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the worlds largest zipper manufacturer.

Fact 4. The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old.

Fact 5. The youngest pope was 11 years old.

Fact 6. There are 10 million bacteria at the place where you rest your hands at a desk.

Fact 7. There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball.

Fact 8. There are 158 verses in the Greek National Anthem.

Fact 9. There are 293 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Fact 10. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

Fact 11. There are 315 species of parrot in the world.

Fact 12. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Fact 13. There are 40 official jelly belly flavours.

Fact 14. There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females.

Fact 15. There are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.

Fact 16. There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists.

Fact 17. There are 691 drinking fountains in the Pentagon.

Fact 18. There are about 125 million multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) worldwide.

Fact 19. There are about 34,000 species of spiders.

Fact 20. There are about 6,800 languages in the world.

Fact 21. There are about 61,300 pizza restaurants in the United States of America.

Fact 22. There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald’s Big Mac bun.

Fact 23. There are an equivalent number of cows and people in Friesland, Netherlands.

Fact 24. There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the US.

Fact 25. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

Fact 26. There are approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.

Fact 27. There are approximately 1300 species of scorpion but only 25 of them are deadly.

Fact 28. There are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes.

Fact 29. There are approximately 2000 thunderstorms that are active at the same time which results in 100 lightning flashes a second.

Fact 30. There are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult.

Fact 31. There are approximately 60 muscles in the face.

Fact 32. There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.

Fact 33. There are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the world.

Fact 34. There are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue.

Fact 35. There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.

Fact 36. There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world.

Fact 37. There are approximately one hundred million people in the United States that have a chronic illness.

Fact 38. There are are roughly 100 million single adults living in the USA.

Fact 39. There are at least six universal facial expressions. They are: happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, anger and surprise.

Fact 40. There are bananas called “Red banana” that are maroon to dark purple when ripe.

Fact 41. There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink.

Fact 42. There are five million scent receptors located in a human beings nose.

Fact 43. There are five years in a quinquennium.

Fact 44. There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon give or take a few metres.

Fact 45. There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada.

Fact 46. There are more chickens than people in the world.

Fact 47. There are more pigs than humans in Denmark.

Fact 48. There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.

Fact 49. There are more recreational golfers per capita in Canada than any other country in the world.

Fact 50. There are more Subway restaurants in Canada than there are McDonald restaurants.

Fact 51. There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested.

Fact 52. There are more than 2,000 different varieties of cheese in the world.

Fact 53. There are more than 2,400 flea species in the world.

Fact 54. There are more than 250,000 rivers in the United States, which amounts to 3.5 million miles of rivers.

Fact 55. There are more than 3,000 documented caves located in the state of Tennessee.

Fact 56. There are more than 40 million Americans that have “chronic halitosis,” which is bad breath that never goes away.

Fact 57. There are more than 50 different types of pumpkins. Some of them have names such as Munchkin, Funny Face, and Spooktacular.

Fact 58. There are more than 640 muscles in the human body.

Fact 59. There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica and Greenland.

Fact 60. There are no blossoms on the branches of a fig tree, instead it is inside the fruit.

Fact 61. There are no snakes in New Zealand.

Fact 62. There are no two zebras who have stripes that are exactly the same.

Fact 63. There are only four words in the English language which end in”-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Fact 64. There are over 1,000,000 swimming pools in Florida, eventhough the ocean is no farther than 80 miles away.

Fact 65. There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses.

Fact 66. There are over 2,000 species of butterflies in the rainforests of South America.

Fact 67. There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone.

Fact 68. There are over 500 different types of bananas.

Fact 69. There are over 600 different pasta shapes.

Fact 70. There are over 9 million beef and dairy cattle in New Zealand.

Fact 71. There are over one billion people that are actively involved in rice growth.

Fact 72. There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars.

Fact 73. There are over three trillion craters on the moon, with some having a diameter over three feet.

Fact 74. There are places in Saskatchewan called Elbow, Eyebrow, and Drinkwater.

Fact 75. There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.

Fact 76. There are some hospitals in Shanghai that have issued a rule that a nurse must wear lipstick while on duty.

Fact 77. There are some ice creams that are 75% air.

Fact 78. There are some species of snails that are venomous. Their venom can be fatal to humans.

Fact 79. There are some types of chocolates that are actually good for the arteries and heart.

Fact 80. There are species of fish that can walk on land in search of water when its water source dries up. Some can survive as long as three days on land such as the snakehead fish.

Fact 81. There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.

Cool, Strange and Interesting Facts – Part I

Fact 1. Uranus has 27 moons.

Fact 2. Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.

Fact 3. Uranus winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years.

Fact 4. Urine from men’s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard.

Fact 5. Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating.

Fact 6. Used in art the word “sfumato” refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another.

Fact 7. Using recycled aluminum cans and making news cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.

Fact 8. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to enter space. She spent three days in space and completed forty-eight orbits of Earth.

Fact 9. Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery.

Fact 10. Vasaloppet, which is located in Sweden is the oldest, longest, and the biggest cross-country ski race in the world. Every year, 14,000 people compete in the race.

Fact 11. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.

Fact 12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Fact 13. Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels.

Fact 14. Walmart sells more apparel a year than all the other competing department stores combined.

Fact 15. Walt Disney had a fear of mice.

Fact 16. Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse.

Fact 17. Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four.

Fact 18. Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.

Fact 19. Warner Brothers Corset Company created the bra cup sizing system, which is now used universally by manufacturers.

Fact 20. Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load.

Fact 21. Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out.

Fact 22. Water expands 9% when it is frozen.

Fact 23. Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE.

Fact 24. Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China.

Fact 25. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.

Fact 26. Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999).

Fact 27. Whale eyes are the size of a grapefruit.

Fact 28. Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973.

Fact 29. Wham-O manufactured twenty-thousand hula-hoops a day at the peak of hula-hoop popularity in 1958.

Fact 30. Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap.

Fact 31. When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear.

Fact 32. When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours.

Fact 33. When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres.

Fact 34. When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened.

Fact 35. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.

Fact 36. When an orange is shown in any of the “Godfather” movies, this means that someone is about to die or a close call is to occur.

Fact 37. When baby sharks are born, they swim away from their mothers right away and are on there own. In fact, their mothers might see them as prey.

Fact 38. When blue whales are first born, they gain as much as 200 pounds a day while they are calves.

Fact 39. When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents.

Fact 40. When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like “Coca-Cola” when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was “Bite the wax tadpole”. It did not sell well.

Fact 41. When Coca-Cola was invented, American tourists that visited Spain were surprised to see that Coke was three times as expensive as a glass of brandy.

Fact 42. When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country “Little Venice”, which translated into Spanish is Venezuela.

Fact 43. When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas.

Fact 44. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

Fact 45. When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover.

Fact 46. When Nylons first went on sale in the United States in 1940, four million pairs were sold in only a few days.

Fact 47. When playing competitive darts the player must be 7 feet 9 1/4 inches back from the dartboard. Also the board must be 5 feet 8 inches above the floor.

Fact 48. When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns.

Fact 49. When Scott Paper Co. first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.

Fact 50. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

Fact 51. When Sony introduced the walkman, it had a variety of different names in different countries. It was called “Soundabout” in the U.S., “Stowaway” in the U.K., and “Freestyle” in Australia.

Fact 52. When telephone companies first began hiring telephone operators, they chose teenage boys for the job. They switched to women because the teenage boys were wrestling instead of working and pulling pranks on callers.

Fact 53. When they are in danger, kangaroos will beat the ground loudly with their hind feet.

Fact 54. When the body is resting, it takes in about 10 litres of air every minute.

Fact 55. When the divorce rate goes up in the United States, toy makers report that the sale of toys also rise.

Fact 56. When the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, received an alarming number of threatening letters, soon after her husband became President at the height of the Depression, the Secret Service insisted that she carry a pistol in her purse.

Fact 57. When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a man-made object.

Fact 58. When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born.

Fact 59. When the Statue of Liberty was moved from France to the United States, 214 crates were used to transport it. The Statue was also reduced to 350 pieces.

Fact 60. When the volcano Krakatoa off the Java islands exploded in 1883, it was so loud that it woke some people up in South Australia.

Fact 61. When you sneeze, all your bodily functions momentarily stop, including your heart.

Fact 62. Wherever a person is standing in the state of Michigan in the United States, they are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes.

Fact 63. While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes.

Fact 64. While still in college, Bill Gates and Paul Allen once built a special purpose machine called “Traff-O-Data.” It was a machine that would analyze information gathered by traffic monitors. They never found any buyers.

Fact 65. Wild Flamingos are pink because they consume vast quantities of algae and brine shrimp.

Fact 66. Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.

Fact 67. William Taft who was the U.S. president between 1909-1913 once got stuck in the White House bathtub.

Fact 68. Witchcraft means “Craft of the Wise Ones.”

Fact 69. With winds of 50 miles per hour, The Statue of Liberty sways three inches and the torch sways five inches.

Fact 70. Women are four times more likely to have foot problems than men.

Fact 71. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men in the United States.

Fact 72. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Fact 73. Women hearts beat faster than men.

Fact 74. Women on average live seven years longer than men do.

Fact 75. Women smile more than men do.

Fact 76. Women take three times longer than men when using the toilet.

Fact 77. Women who are romance novel readers are reported to make love 74% more often with their partners than women who do not read romance novels.

Fact 78. Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a higher chance of developing osteoporosis.

Fact 79. Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state.

Fact 80. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

Fact 81. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Fact 82. You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

Fact 83. You can send a postcard from Hell. There is a small town located in the Cayman Islands called “Hell.” They even have a post office.

Fact 84. Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.

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