Do you know that I keep cornflour in my bathroom? No? Well, neither did Holman. This is surprising, as Holman Wang is a man unnaturally obsessed with all things bathroom. So obsessed, that he took the time and anthropological knowledge to alphabetically categorise everything "from the unassuming toothbrush to the humble roll of toilet paper".**But what about Penicillin? What about bandages? What about freaking cologne?! Fortunately, our friend did consider the above items important enough for inclusion. His hardcover picture dictionary gives a succinct one-paragraph history of the world-changing items that exist in our bathrooms. I now know that my perfume is made of whale sperm.
(Note to Holman: Cornflour stops pimples in their tracks. World-changing for anyone who has ever been 15.)
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