Toilet paper in France is generally pink. What is usually found in our homes as a stark white is a lively pink for the French. Pink toilet paper is commonly found in the bathrooms and kitchens of France as a regional preference. In the 1950s, coloured toilet paper was also the rave in the U.S. However, health and safety concerns over the dye caused it to be discontinued in the early ‘2000s.
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Brazil is named after a tree. The country of Brazil was named after the Portuguese settlement on its land in the 1500s. Brazilwood trees were often harvested for a red-coloured dye that was later on shipped to Europe which is where the country got its name from. The tree was named after the country.
90% of U.S. money has cocaine on it. Either from exposure or drug use, a study revealed that 90% of the dollars circulating in the economy have cocaine on it. Traces of cocaine were found to reach 0.006 micrograms (several thousand times smaller than salt). The green dye on dollars causes cocaine residue to stick to the bills.