
The Disposable Toothbrush
I know the inventor of the disposable toothbrush. They would stay at hotels that provided soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc., but a recurring issue was that they would forget their toothbrush, and hotels didn’t furnish a solution. It seemed obvious that hotels should have individually wrapped toothbrushes, just as they had other toiletries. Why didn’t anyone make an inexpensive short-term use toothbrush with toothpaste already applied? So, this person invented it – only they didn’t. They did in fact come up with the idea, as I’m sure did many others, but they never acted on it. Someone else eventually did. To this day, every time this person sees one, they declare how it was their invention. ...