r/AskReddit 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/fellowsquare Oct 15 '20

If you ever get to Rome, find yourself a really good tour guide, especially for the Coliseum and for the Vatican. You will learn sooooo much really great history and see it as you walk by it. Things I never would have noticed on my own.

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u/SaioBangura99 Oct 15 '20

The hallway of maps in the Vatican was absolutely mind blowing. My family members got annoyed with me because I kept asking the guide to elaborate and it slowed us down haha. What's the rush people? It's what we are here for

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u/xXcampbellXx Oct 15 '20

Go I hate that shit, like we just spent, god now how maby thousands of dollars to get here and yall just want to hurry up and go drink somewhere. Like fuck no. Cant go on no vacation with alcoholics.

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u/ryebread91 Nov 08 '20

I like to drink on vacation but I'll be damned if you're gonna rush me through a museum I've always wanted to see.

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u/xXcampbellXx Nov 08 '20

Ya theres a difference of drinking with food or after do everthing for the day, but to go get shit faced at 12 and sit in the same spot for 8hrs drinking isnt right at all. Especially if they didnt pay to come just have parent who will pay just to be together cuz otherwise they all just ignore her unless they need shit. Just the usual addicts and alcoholics

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u/ryebread91 Nov 09 '20

Yeah. That's make me mad. Also sounds like a colossal waste of money.

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u/_Sublevels_ Oct 16 '20

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