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Cardboard toilet paper cores were introduced in the late 1800s

Cylindrical core tubes maintain roll shape for smooth bathroom dispensing

The Scott Paper Company began marketing perforated toilet paper on cardboard core rolls in 1890. The inner cylindrical tube maintains structural shape during manufacturing and dispensing, allowing rolls to spin smoothly on bathroom holders.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Cylindrical core tubes maintain roll shape for smooth bathroom dispensing. The figure is taken from Smithsonian Institution, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a everyday life fact?: Yes. It sits on the Everyday Life shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.