Plutarch (trans. Dryden) wrote:The manner, however, of the production of naphtha admits of a diversity of opinion... of whether this liquid substance that feeds the flame does not rather proceed from a soil that is unctuous and productive of fire, as that of the province of Babylon is, where the ground is so very hot that oftentimes the grains of barley leap up and are thrown out, as if the violent inflammation had made the earth throb; and in the extreme heats the inhabitants are wont to sleep upon skins filled with water.
Ancient Babylonians invented the waterbed!
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Ancient Babylonians invented the waterbed!
No really -- this one's sourced.
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Really? That is quite interesting. I'm definately going to bring that up in a conversation soon. I love odd facts. I looked it up, and the British Waterbed Company seems to agree. In response to the question "Who invented the first waterbed?", they responded saying:
I wonder what sparked the idea of a waterbed...The earliest recorded use of a 'waterbed' was over 3000 years ago when Persians slumbered on sun-warmed goat skin water bags.