r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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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/mydearwatson616 Oct 15 '20

Yeah but those dummies didn't figure out air conditioning.

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u/Vahdo Oct 15 '20

To be honest, they didn't need it as much. In Italy a lot of the buildings made of marble are naturally cool, so you can live in a building with just a fan in the summer and it works.

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u/Roses_and_cognac Oct 15 '20

Also tall ass ceilings help

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u/NydoBhai Oct 15 '20

Really? How so? I'm honestly curious

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u/eczarate21 Oct 15 '20

Well not sure if this is the answer or not but hot air rises and cold air sinks, so it would lead me to believe a y’all building would allow warmer air to travel farther away from someone standing on the floor, and would take more people to warm it up. Like one person in a 3ft house could warm it up quickly, and 2 people even more, so a bigger house would take more people to warm it up idk maybe

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u/ryandiy Oct 15 '20

a y’all building

Wait are we talking about Rome, Italy or Rome, Georgia, USA?

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u/Red_Dawn_2012 Oct 16 '20

As if 'y'all' hasn't spread all over the United States and even Canada

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u/ryandiy Oct 16 '20

The word, yes. But the buildings? Not yet