James Gayetty was the inventor of the fabulous toilet paper. Toilet paper was invented in 1857 and was sold for .50 a piece at that time. Though toilet paper is really popular it comes from trees. 70-75% of the worlds population does not use toilet paper due to lack of trees. Toilet paper is not cheap anymore though. It now costs about 5-10 dollars a roll! Toilet paper was a big change for America and without it life would be kind of gross!