→Subscribe for new videos every day! htt→’s made. (On that note, it might surprise you to learn that toilet paper wasn’t commonly used in the United States until the early 20th century and even later in many countries.) Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/06/toilet-paper-always-white/ Resources/Further Reading: http://thegreentoilet.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/so-why-is-toilet-paper-white-anyway.html http://www.superterry.com/toilet-paper-white-ultimate-toilet-paper-guide/ http://blog.toiletpaperworld.com/where-did-all-the-colored-toilet-paper-go/http://blog.toiletpaperworld.com/where-did-all-the-colored-toilet-paper-go/ http://science.howstuffworks.com/question463.htmhttp://science.howstuffworks.com/question463.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paperhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper http://www.mst.dk/NR/rdonlyres/BF6D86BC-3D50-41FD-9CE4-3973C7523744/0/34.pdf http://www.sensationalcolor.com/color-meaning/color-meaning-symbolism-psychology/all-about-the-color-white-4369#.UhNcsj8yhe4http://www.sensationalcolor.com/color-meaning/color-meaning-symbolism-psychology/all-about-the-color-white-4369#.UhNcsj8yhe4 http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/in-the-news-cascades-tissue-group-debuts-beige-toilet-paper-165329 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IKuXN5x5T40C&pg=PA288&dq=yellow+newspaper+lignin&hl=en&sa=X&ei=W2YTUonbLKrT0QXFooGwAQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=yellow%20newspaper%20lignin&f=false http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrg_6dny6Po