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TP TRIVIA Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 1/5/2021
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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This is a ? cache, as such, the cache container is not at the the posted coordinates.

Please do the puzzle below to obtain the final coordinates, to locate the cache.

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2020 has been a very interesting year indeed. The Covid-19 was hard on everyone, but it also did provided some moments of humour. One of the things my husband and I found amusing was the toilet paper hoarding. Never before have so many stores sold out of it within 30 minutes of opening. The push and shove for toilet paper resembled Boxing Day sales frenzy. 

So, I thought a bit of toilet paper trivia, would be an appropriate way to end 2020.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I hope 2021 brings you happiness, health and some awesome caching adventues.

 

  There was a toilet paper museum in Wisconsin, The Madison Museum of Bathroom Tissue, but it closed in 2000. The museum once had over 3,000 rolls of TP from places all over the world, including The Guggenheim, Ellis Island, and Graceland. There is still a virtual toilet paper museum called Nobody's Perfect. 

DR = A

 

In the middle ages they used something called a "gompf stick" which was just an actual stick used to scrape. Wealthy Romans used wool soaked in rose water and French royalty used lace. Other things that were used before toilet paper include: Hay, corncobs, sticks, stones, sand, moss, hemp, wool, husks, fruit peels, ferns, sponges, seashells, and broken pottery. 

 DR = B 

 

If you hang your toilet paper so you can pull it from the bottom, you're considered more intelligent than someone who pulls it from the top.

DR = C 

 

Global toilet paper demand uses nearly 30,000 trees every day. That's 10 million trees a year.

DR = D 

 

In the middle ages they used something called a "gompf stick" which was just an actual stick used to scrape. Wealthy Romans used wool soaked in rose water and French royalty used lace. Other things that were used before toilet paper include: Hay, corncobs, sticks, stones, sand, moss, hemp, wool, husks, fruit peels, ferns, sponges, seashells, and broken pottery.  

DR = E

 

The average person goes through about three Charmin mega rolls or two larger Costco rolls every two weeks.

DR = F 

 

Packaged toilet paper wasn't sold in the United States until 1857.  Joseph Gayetty, the man who introduced packaged TP to the U.S., had his name printed on every sheet.  

DR = G

 

In 1996, President Clinton passed a "Toilet Paper Tax" of 6 cents per roll, which is still in effect today.

DR = H

 

FINAL COORDINATES:

N45 1A.BCD W075 5E.FGH

 

PLEASE NOTE

THIS CACHE WILL BE ARCHIVED ON JULY 16, 2023

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

CHMMYR; QE zrnaf qvtvgny ebbg UVQR: Hayrff lbh ner TCFQrerx, lbh jvyy arrq gb oevat n 2-fgrc xvgpura ynqqre jvgu lbh.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)