By Vania Raebel | June 21, 2019
A lot of people take toilet paper for granted. However, if you’ve ever found yourself without toilet paper on a camping trip, reaching for the nearest dry leaf, you’ve had a glimpse into what life was like for the people of the past.
Apart from using leaves to clean themselves, they also used rags, sticks wrapped in cloth, or sometimes even their hands. In 8th century Japan, they used the sticks pictured to clean their butts. Thank your lucky stars you were born in the age of toilet paper.
