scrap paper

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Fun fact: That Post-it Notes were originally yellow was happenstance, too; that’s the color scrap paper the lab next door had available.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Speaking to Rolling Stone in 1990, he said his mother "saved" him by encouraging him to draw on scrap paper rather than using colouring books, where "the whole idea is to stay between the lines".

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Society has been running low on scrap paper for quite some time now!

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2023

The smallest squares of scrap paper dipped in natural dyes can become the perfect stash of quick little gift cards and special notes to special people.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

He grabbed a piece of scrap paper and spent nearly a half-hour drawing diagrams and explaining the basic biology of cells as Deborah asked questions.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot