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Narrator: THE CHINESE INVENTED
THE FIRST TOOTHBRUSH AROUND 1600, BUT IT WASN'T TILL
ABOUT 1780 IN ENGLAND THAT IT BECAME
A MASS-PRODUCED ITEM. LIKE THOSE THAT FOLLOWED, ITS BRISTLES CAME FROM THE NECKS
AND SHOULDERS OF PIGS. IN THE LATE 1930s, SYNTHETIC MATERIALS REPLACED
NATURAL SWINE BRISTLES
THE FIRST TOOTHBRUSH AROUND 1600, BUT IT WASN'T TILL
ABOUT 1780 IN ENGLAND THAT IT BECAME
A MASS-PRODUCED ITEM. LIKE THOSE THAT FOLLOWED, ITS BRISTLES CAME FROM THE NECKS
AND SHOULDERS OF PIGS. IN THE LATE 1930s, SYNTHETIC MATERIALS REPLACED
NATURAL SWINE BRISTLES
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Narrator: THE CHINESE INVENTED
THE FIRST TOOTHBRUSH
00:00:03.336 --> 00:00:04.602
AROUND 1600,
00:00:04.604 --> 00:00:07.071
BUT IT WASN'T TILL
ABOUT 1780 IN ENGLAND
00:00:07.073 --> 00:00:09.054
THAT IT BECAME
A MASS-PRODUCED ITEM.
00:00:09.542 --> 00:00:10.809
LIKE THOSE THAT FOLLOWED,
00:00:10.811 --> 00:00:13.878
ITS BRISTLES CAME FROM THE NECKS
AND SHOULDERS OF PIGS.
00:00:13.088 --> 00:00:15.479
IN THE LATE 1930s,
00:00:15.481 --> 00:00:19.999
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS REPLACED
NATURAL SWINE BRISTLES.
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Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.