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The Top-Secret Research (and Fake Poop) Behind Every Roll of Toilet Paper
Everybody poops—around a pound a day, in fact—and everybody wants a clean butt. Good old TP has come a long way since the first commercial toilet paper was marketed 162 years ago, and you might be surprised at how much Research & Development goes into each roll. We recently talked to researchers at Proctor and…
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Americans loved drinking radioactive ‘miracle water’ in 1920s
Radithor promised to cure everything from wrinkles to leukemia, but its unintended results were deadly. Watch the full video:
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It’s a little complicated to weigh a dying person on a hospital bed, but that didn’t deter Duncan MacDougall. In the early 20th century, MacDougall’s unique bed-scale detected that 21 grams left the human body at the moment of death. He had finally discovered it: the weigh of the human soul … or so he…
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MichaelAChang
August 15, 2019 at 11:02 am
I has a cat i'm aubrey
August 15, 2019 at 11:19 am
this was an awkward video to turn on lol
Jack McDaniel
August 15, 2019 at 1:41 pm
Americans are so squeamish about so many things that it is hilarious to think that they are still smearing s*** with toilet paper.
Jimmy Shot
August 15, 2019 at 2:18 pm
*walks in lab and sprays Liquid Ass fart spray*, yells “this is real shit!!!!”
jeff shein
August 15, 2019 at 10:19 pm
This is definitely my #2 favorite video on YouTube.
A3Kr0n
August 16, 2019 at 2:23 am
I use about one roll per month. Who’s using my extra rolls and for what purpose?
Dean Evangelista
August 18, 2019 at 2:50 am
I have one of those “washlet” seats, and a roll will last me up to three months.
robbie scarallo
November 19, 2019 at 5:03 am
5:22 “Because humans are ridiculous prudes”
5:55 “How often do you go”? (cuts answer out due to self-consciousness)