Today’s interesting fact has to do with toothpaste and wasting money.

Does anyone ever read the instructions on the toothpaste boxes or containers?

Being a bit of a nerd, I have.

The instructions are contradictory to the adverts that show us how to use the stuff.

Adverts show the users placing a long line of paste from one end of the bristles of toothbrush to the other and usually extending over the ends.

However if you read the instructions they tell you to place a pea sized amount on the brush.

Peas are not that large which means if you are using the adverts to determine how much to place on your toothbrush, you are putting three to four (or more) times more paste than you actually need.

The reason for the adverts suggesting you put so much more on is of course to increase sales, if you use four times as much toothpaste as you need, you will be purchasing toothpaste four times as often as you need.