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> The original Charmin roll of toilet paper, he says, had 650 sheets. In Soviet Russia... (it is a kind of legend, I would not vouch for its truth value) A ro
by ordu 5y ago
> The original Charmin roll of toilet paper, he says, had 650 sheets.
In Soviet Russia... (it is a kind of legend, I would not vouch for its truth value)
A roll of toilet paper was of 52 meters length. It was because the standard caliber in artillery was 120 mm, so in case of war the industry can be reoriented to fill cartridge case with a powder. When artillery moved to a 125 mm caliber the length of a roll of toiler paper increased to 54 meters.
- germinalphrase 5y agoIn opposite direction: after WW2, Grumman and other airplane manufacturers had a bunch of manufacturing capacity with little/nothing to make. This is why there is a large stock of aluminum canoes all around the country where there had been none previously.
- throwawayboise 5y agoThey also make the US post home delivery trucks and other government vehicles.
- grishka 5y agoI remember there was a brand of toilet paper that was literally "54 meters".