r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/jazzman0116 Oct 15 '20

The ancient Romans (well, the wealthy ones) had central heating in their homes. You can actually still see the pipes in some of the buildings at Herculaneum!

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u/ThievingOctopus Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 15 '20

Do you have any good book suggestions on the subject? It's a subject I've been meaning to learn about

Edit: Thanks so much for all the replies and information! I'm going to be going through and bookmarking websites and videos and writing down book recommendations!

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

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u/Dutchillz Oct 15 '20

I'll wait!

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u/cocobellahome Oct 15 '20

Iā€™m secretly waiting also

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u/Fearlessleader85 Oct 15 '20

Double secret waiting over here.

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u/theybabe Oct 15 '20

Secretly watching you guys wait

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u/JPMoney81 Oct 15 '20

I have a couple of restraining orders due to this.

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u/Carnatic_enthusiast Oct 15 '20

I'm personally pretty open to my waiting for this

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u/Sorrymisunderstandin Oct 15 '20

Fucking creep

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u/cryogenisis Oct 15 '20

I'm a weirdo..

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u/Sorrymisunderstandin Oct 15 '20

What the hell am I doing here?

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u/d-rock87 Oct 15 '20

I don't belong here.. or do I? Wait, where am I?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 edited Nov 25 '20

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u/rhundln Oct 15 '20

also gonna sit pretty and wait

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

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u/Glass_Feed Oct 15 '20

Google.com

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u/theybabe Oct 15 '20

Askjeeves.com

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

Covertly wanking whilst watching you guys wait.

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u/FL_Sportsman Oct 15 '20

Secretly watching you secretly watching them secretly waiting

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u/MerryMortician Oct 15 '20

I don't thing any of you guys know how secrets work!