IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL ancient Persians built desert freezers called 'Yakhchals' around 400 BC that kept ice frozen year-round using evaporative cooling and smart architecture.www.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down12cross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
arrow-up1252arrow-down1external-linkTIL ancient Persians built desert freezers called 'Yakhchals' around 400 BC that kept ice frozen year-round using evaporative cooling and smart architecture.www.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
minus-squareLightsong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 days ago frequently including sand, clay, egg white, goat’s hair, lemon juice, ash, and a technical water- The fuck is goat’s hair? Isn’t it called fur? Unless it’s specifically fur on their head?
minus-squareBreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoHorse hair is very much a thing and used for insulation. I lived in an apartment in Boston built in the 1890s that had horse-hair insulation. I do think it’s from the mane and tail and not the fine fur of the body. But that would just be an assumption.
The fuck is goat’s hair? Isn’t it called fur? Unless it’s specifically fur on their head?
Horse hair is very much a thing and used for insulation. I lived in an apartment in Boston built in the 1890s that had horse-hair insulation.
I do think it’s from the mane and tail and not the fine fur of the body. But that would just be an assumption.