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When I was a kid, everything was on paper. Books were on paper, magazines were on paper, newspapers were on, you guessed it, paper. Nowadays, everything's on the internet, but you can still find paper if you know where to look!

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[Definition]

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/cover-to-cover/papyrus/

[Trivia Question]

Margaret E. Knight’s paper grocery bags

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/margaret-e-knight-and-charles-b-stilwell-flat-bottomed-paper-bag-1870s-1880s/

https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/11/03/in-the-bag/

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/margaret-knight

https://www.invent.org/inductees/margaret-e-knight