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adapted from www.who-invented-the.technology/paper.htm
Fact: Historians tend to agree that Paper was invented 105 AD and the first known use of Paper was in Ancient China during the Han dynasty.
Fact: The oldest known written document about Japanese origami, the Senbazuru Orikata ("How to Fold One Thousand Cranes"), surfaced in 1797.
Fact: In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a chemist at 3M Company, invented a unique, low-tack adhesive that would stick to things but also could be repositioned multiple times. These would be named post it notes!
Fact: Various ancient civilizations had developed different forms of writing. In c. 2900 BC the ancient Mesopotamians developed the first form of writing called "Cuneiform" using wedge shaped marks to make picture symbols on clay tablets.
Fact: The Ancient Egyptians used Papyrus c. 3000 BC as an easily portable substance to write on. Papyrus was made from the pith of the reedy plant Cyperus papyrus which grew in abundance around the river Nile in Egypt. The Greeks and Romans adopted papyrus in later centuries. The word 'paper' derives from the name papyrus.
Fact: The humble Paperclip was made readily available in 1899 when William D. Middlebrook received patent number US 636272 for his "Machine for making wire paper-clips,"
Fact: The 'piece of paper' waved by Neville Chamberlain on his return from meeting Hitler in 1938 must count as one of the most infamous documents in history.
Fact: The oldest surviving piece of writing on paper was found in the ruins of a Han Dynasty watchtower in Inner Mongolia, c. 110 AD .
Fact: The Chinese used paper for writing but their invention did not reach Europe until 1150 when it was first introduced in Spain and slowly spread to other European nations.
Fact: The invention of the Printing Press by German Johannes Gutenberg in 1440 further increased the use of paper, and greatly facilitated the advancements made during the Renaissance Period and beyond.