Housing

64 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it. Page 2 of 2.

61. Private bathrooms replaced public bathing culture slowlyA bathroom is where bodies wash, typically with shower, tub, bidet, or sink—and often a toilet. Collective bathing once ruled through Roman thermae, Japanese sento, and Islamic ha…
62. Snow's trapped air turns igloos into insulated refugesAn igloo is a snow-block shelter most famously linked to Inuit life, though traditionally only some Arctic peoples used them. Air pockets in snow insulate so well that body heat c…
63. House descends from an Old English word for shelterA house is a residential building, from hut simplicity to timber, masonry, or concrete complexity. The people inside form a household, often a family but not always. English house…
64. Hut once meant a hastily built temporary shackA hut is a small dwelling made from local materials, usually simpler than a durable house. English first used the word for a quickly raised temporary shack, with related forms lik…

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