What Did People Use BEFORE Toilet Paper Was Invented?

What Did People Use BEFORE Toilet Paper Was Invented?

At this moment, there’s a chance that you’re staring at your phone, contemplating what to do next, having realized that there’s no toilet paper left on the roll.

“Well,” you say to yourself, “this isn’t the end of the world. People have been taking care of toilet business for as long as there have been people, and toilet paper is a relatively new invention. I can just deal with this the way folks did in the old days.”

Then, you might wonder to yourself: “How did folks deal with this in the old days?”

The answers are as varied as they are creative. And, we’re not gonna lie, pretty unanimously gross. What follows is not for the faint of heart: a journey through the history of potty time hygiene. Because you know what? With a few thousand years of recorded civilization under our belts, a good chunk of America is still at the point of rubbing paper on our you-know-whats and calling it a day. Consider that, and then, consider…