The Great Toilet Paper Mystery is solved!!

Here is some information.

Here we go:

The average tear is 5.90 sheets of TP.

44% wipe from front to back from behind their backs.

60% look at the paper after they wipe.

42% fold, 33% crumple, 8% do both fold and crumple, 6% wrap it around their hands.

50% say that they have wiped with leaves.

8% have wiped with their hands.

2% have wiped with money

!Survey taken of 106 people. Not very accurate, but entertaining.

Of course, where you lived help determine the material of choice. Mussel shells were very popular in coastal regions prior to toilet paper's popularity (approx. 1900). If you were lucky enough to be raised on the Hawaiian islands, you may have used good old coconut shells. If you were born into royalty, like Louis XIV, you would have used wool or lace for added comfort.

In India and the Arab world, the most popular tool to use today (not that I have witnessed this) is the hand - the left hand to be specific. Of course, they cleanse their hands after this dirty deed. Many Arabs consider the Western practice of using paper to be disgusting - they feel that you always leave a residue by following this practice. They can't see how paper can actually get you perfectly clean.

Some historians consider this the reason why we shake with our right hands - because traditionally the left hand was the dirty hand!

This history of toilet paper and a paper shortage.

Please read this for further information. The above link is a history of toilet paper.