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How Americans stayed cool before air conditioning: From sitting on smelly ice to sleeping on the roof

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Even Presidents had to get clever in the heat, such as building a screened-in porch on top of the White House just to catch a breeze. The post How Americans stayed cool before air conditioning: From sitting on smelly ice to sleeping on the roof appeared first on Popular Science.

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How Americans stayed cool before air conditioning: From sitting on smelly ice to sleeping on the roof

Even Presidents had to get clever in the heat, such as building a screened-in porch on top of the White House just to catch a breeze. The post How Americans stayed cool before air conditioning: From sitting on smelly ice to sleeping on the roof appeared first on Popular Science.

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Popular Science broke the news in Miami, United States on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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