Most toilet paper in North America is white because of consumer preference, according to Carette. But in places like South America and Europe, toilet paper comes in a rainbow of colors, even black ...

Toilet paper is always stark white, which makes every bit of residue from its selfless mission to clean one’s rear end visible. But assessing whether a proper wipe job has been done is not why ...

The paper promised to treat hemorrhoids, and the New York Daily Tribune wrote that President James Buchanan used it in the White House. It didn’t quite catch on.