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dotancohen on April 5, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?

A side benefit of the paper towel is that in-swinging doors can be pulled with the paper, not your hand. Imagine how many people _didn't_ wash their hands then pulled that door.

_asummers on April 5, 2018 | [–]

Trivially fixable by a little foot hook on the bottom of the door intended to be used to open the door after you're done.

Rhinobird on April 5, 2018 | | [–]

What if you have no foot? Or the foot hook isn't there? Or you have to turn a knob?

4ad on April 5, 2018 | [–]

Plus pipelining.

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