China’s Hongzhi Emperor (r. 1487-1505) used toilet paper made of silk. When he discovered that palace maids collected his used toilet paper to make curtains, he stopped using silk toilet paper – but this led to the unemployment of some silkworm farmers, so he went back to using silk toilet paper.
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