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When I was a kid, everything was on paper. Books were on paper, magazines were on paper, newspapers were on, you guessed it, paper. Nowadays, everything's on the internet, but you can still find paper if you know where to look!

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[Definition]

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/cover-to-cover/papyrus/

[Trivia Question]

Margaret E. Knight’s paper grocery bags

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/margaret-e-knight-and-charles-b-stilwell-flat-bottomed-paper-bag-1870s-1880s/

https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/11/03/in-the-bag/

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/margaret-knight

https://www.invent.org/inductees/margaret-e-knight

[Fact Off]

Rag paper and mummy linen in the 1800s

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/12/europes-morbid-mummy-craze-has-been-an-obsession-for-centuries

https://uh.edu/engines/epi1227.htm

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3874

https://bookpatrol.net/has-this-library-solved-the-mystery-of-the-mummy-paper/

Cellulose nanocrystal films from waste paper

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639556/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13369-022-06609-8

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266689392100075X

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.625878/full#

Image of biodegrading film: https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/625878/fpls-12-625878-HTML/image_m/fpls-12-625878-g006.jpg

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/glitter

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-021-01135-8

[Ask the Science Couch]

Smell of new books and paper

https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/newoldbooksmell/

https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/whats-that-smell-youre-reading

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/that-old-book-smell-is-a-mix-of-grass-and-vanilla-710038/

https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/PHS/PHS.aspx?phsid=669&toxid=124#

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1309104220302051

https://www.ucop.edu/risk-services/_files/bsas/safetymeetings/ozonefrprinters.pdf

https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/58097/~/the-printer-produces-a-faint-smell-or-odor-when-printing.-what-can-i-do%3F

[Butt One More Thing]

Gayetty’s medicated toilet paper

https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.13400600

https://www.findagrave.com/photos/2013/61/106087826_136230829409.jpg

https://books.google.com/books?id=yXY0yQnvmmUC&pg=PA679#v=onepage&q&f=false


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