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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by Illotus on Thursday April 05, 2018 @07:16AM (#16763715)
Paper towels are much more sanitary. Big part of washing hands is wiping the bacteria and viruses along with water into something. Drying just gets the water, leaves everything else.
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by kqr on Thursday April 05, 2018 @07:59AM (#16763951)
No. It's a nice idea, but doesn't hold up. (Gustafson, Vetter, et al. 2000)
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by Illotus on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:20AM (#16764099)
I rather trust a fairly recent review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538484/
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