The exact history of toothpicks is still uncertain, but archaeologists have found toothpick-like indentations in prehistoric teeth and the remains of small bamboo sticks between teeth. In the United States, the first person to use toothpicks was Union Oyster House, a seafood restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts. At that time, the entrepreneur who invented toothpicks apparently tried to make harvard students the best customers, and even paid harvard students to eat in the restaurant in order to let them try toothpicks.
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