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A history of Chinese fans and how they kept people cool in summer before electricity
During the worst of the recent heatwave in Europe, when temperatures in Prague soared to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and even the nights refused to cool below 30, someone kindly lent us an electric fan. It did not transform our... Read more.
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