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A common myth holds that the Sears Catalog was the impetus for the invention of TP.
The early catalogs were printed on a soft absorbent paper and people started using the catalogs as a replacement for corn husks.
When Sears switched to a color catalog on glossy paper, people began searching for a replacement for the early catalogs and were willing to pay for toilet paper.
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RE: Splinter-free toilet paper didn't exist before the 1930s. Only in the 19th century d