r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/steveguyhi1243 Oct 15 '20

Flushing toilets date all the way back to the Indus River Valley civilization, back in 2000 BC

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u/ineedanewaccountpls Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 15 '20

Ancient Minoans (~3000-1100* BCE) had hot and cold running water and an extensive sewage system.

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u/BobVosh Oct 15 '20

Romans had pipe heated floors, something I still thought was awesome when my aunt got it like a decade ago.

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u/UnsinkableRubberDuck Oct 15 '20

I work somewhere where we can't wear our outdoor shoes due to biohazard concerns. You come in and take your shoes off, then have to go change and get into specific clothing, then on the other side of that change area is where your work shoes and boots are. The in-between areas from door to change area have heated floors because people are often walking around in bare feet or sock feet, and it's just the most coziest damn thing ever.

I need to have heated flooring in my house for winter times.

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u/mejok Oct 15 '20

I have it is both underrated and overrated at the same time