Blotting paper

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

Blotting paper is a highly absorbent type of paper used to absorb ink or oil from writing material, particularly when quills, dip pens, or fountain pens were popular. It could also be used in testing how much oil is present in products.

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Image: The original uploader was Schorle at German Wikipedia. (Original text: Schorle), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.