365 Things People Believe That Aren't True by JAMES EGAN

365 Things People Believe That Aren't True by JAMES EGAN

Author:JAMES EGAN [EGAN, JAMES]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-04T00:00:00+00:00


The Ancient Romans had shopping malls over 2,000 years ago. One was called Trajan’s market and was in the center of Ancient Rome. What is most bizarre is that it is still standing today.

Alarm clocks were invented about a century ago.

Alarm clocks were also invented in Ancient Greece in 400 BC. The “clock” looked like four hourglasses attached to each other. The top one was filled with water and slowly filtered to the one below. When the water reached the third vessel, the forced air could produce a whistling noise, waking the person up. The final vessel collected the water so it could be used again.



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