What was used before toilet paper was invented?
Long before man was sentient, he ran around and pooped anywhere he wanted and walked away, since his *** was developed as such that there was nothing to wipe off. As man kind “evolved” as a society, the diet changed dramatically and softer, messier poo was created by cooked and seasoned foods, (Common today, even). Man then needed to develop a way to remove the foul, crusty crap that was fast sticking to their cheeks. And from there, countless tools were developed. Some ancient english used a wooden ladel that they would rinse in a pale of water, (nobles, upper class). The Irish were known to use dried peat (Spongy moss found in the region that grew in thick pads) and often stored it in their homes as it doubled for fire kindling. And Natives are recorded to either using various leaves and grasses, to just walking to the creek and shitting right there so they could rinse off easily while the current took their stinky load downstream. You see, there have been many developments in removi
