Astronomy Toilet Paper

(Tokyo, Japan) Some students studying at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have started printing and distributing rolls of toilet paper printed with information about astronomy. Resulting from a workshop, the idea is to help people learn about space.

Printed on the toilet paper is a description of the life of a star: the birth of a "star egg" with gas clouds in space, the nuclear fusion reaction starting its birth, the star's expansion after its fuel hydrogen is burned up, and its death with the diffusion of planetary nebulae.

With funding from a company foundation, rolls of the printed paper have been provided to schools and public facilities. If the students receive a good response from the public, they plan to issue more versions of the informative tissue.

Frankly, it seems like a pretty good idea. What better place is there to learn about gas clouds than the bathroom?