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The toilet paper shortage of 1973

Published April 5, 2020

Views 69.7K  |  Likes 678  |  Comments 79
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CBS Sunday MorningCBS Sunday Morning
1.87M subs10.0K videosJun 2013

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69,763

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678

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79

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In the early 1970s Americans had experienced gasoline shortages owing to the OPEC oil embargo. So, when Johnny Carson made a joke about a shortage of toilet paper on "The Tonight Show," rolls of toilet tissue began disappearing off store shelves as nervous consumers hoarded the prized commodity, thereby creating a genu…

Published
April 5, 2020
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