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- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has some advice for Americans facing shortages in bath tissue: use a corn cob (sans corn) instead.
- "Those of us from rural south know how to handle toilet paper shortage," Huckabee, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, tweeted. "Eat more corn on the cob! The corn isn't important, but the cobs are free and work great! (Just don't flush them!) You're welcome!"
- Online retailers and brick-and-mortar stores quickly ran out of toilet paper as Americans stocked up on the product after being warned to stay indoors in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
- The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus, which causes a disease known as COVID-19, a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 274,000 people around the world have been infected and more than 11,300 have died.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has some advice for Americans facing shortages in bath tissue: use a corn cob (sans corn) instead.
"Those of us from rural south know how to handle toilet paper shortage," tweeted Huckabee, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump and the father of former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. "Eat more corn on the cob! The corn isn't important, but the cobs are free and work great! (Just don't flush them!) You're welcome!"See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also:  |