Victorian Hygiene Products Which Will Make You Question Everything

Toilet Paper

Soft 2-ply toilet paper seems to have been around for ages but have you ever thought about what people used before it was invented? Well, the answer is defiantly stomach-churning and sore bottom inducing.

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Up until 1888, people didn’t always have a standard way to, ahem clean themselves. They used a multitude of different options from sticks wrapped in cloth and dipped in water to leaves and rags- which were reused indefinitely!