Posted on 07/08/2018 2:41:59 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
Flushing toilets allowed cities to grow and high rises to exist. I consider it an invention that changed society.
The Romans had high rise tenements sans toilets over 200 centuries ago.
http://www.historyrevealed.com/article/romans/5-facts-about-roman-insulae
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As my wife said to me this afternoon during her escape from the house, “let the games begin.”
Yes, but just imagine the logistics of taking out the human waste down an 80 story building. Although the waste could be sealed to avoid the smell, having flushing toilets makes it quite a bit more sanitary, and easier to deal with.
So, you’re saying Cain was the first liberal?
He was the first murderer, and what do liberals do? They destroy your reputation, accuse you of anything they can get away with, and lie through their teeth.
How funny!
Guinness is my favorite beer. I also enjoy some of the seasonal beers, as well as the small ones from Sam Adams, like Cream Stout.
No. #2: The wheel. #1: The flush toilet.
Real beer was liquid bread:
Cheap, antiseptic, nutritious.
Monks drank it because they were poor.
Filtered, pasteurised, modern so-called beer is not that invention.
Since you are going to take off on a serious tangent, I’d say that the electric light bulb is at the very top of the inventions pyramid. First, it extended the working day AND made interesting nightlife possible. Second, the light bulb morphed into the vacuum tube, ushering in the electronics era.
I can go with that!
Oh so true......
My family has been in South Florida since 1923.
My grandfather once said “ the worst thing to every happen in the state of Florida was the invention of air conditioning”.
When I asked about that he said, “ cause nobody would want to live here”
The mountain bike
No doubt about it
I had a colonoscopy done back in 2008, and when I went to the drugstore to pick up my “kit,” the woman at the prescription counter cried out in a loud voice, “SOMEBODY’S GOING TO HAVE SOME FUN!!!”
The padded horse collar (1000 AD)
The wheel
The thermos bottle.
Punch line : How do it know?
Dayumm!
I''ve got to review my grasp of history.
Romans.
20,000 years ago!
Another STEM genius heard from.
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