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Not valuable but still interesting, I thought. When I was working in Real Estate, I got into a lot older homes to show them or just inspect them. I discovered that at one time, people used newspapers to insulate their attics. In a few homes, I found attics with maybe 3-4 inches of newspaper insulation, newspapers dating back to the 1920's and even earlier. These papers would crumble instantly to tiny flakes if you tried to pick them up, making the homes absolute fire traps, one spark would be all that's needed.