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Thread #117720   Message #2595959
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
24-Mar-09 - 06:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: How did the Romans light candles?
Subject: RE: BS: How did the Romans light candles?
The Romans had glass, but they never thought of lenses.
Astronomy and microbiology would be centuries ahead if only they had.

I visited the East West border in Germany before unification.
We were strictly admonished not to "show sur arses" to the East German guards.