Stay Cool Week: The Yakhchāl Was A Refrigerator Thousands Of Years Before Refrigerators Were Invented

This week we're replaying our favorite shows about beating the heat. In this episode from June 2022, the story of the yakhchāl, a storage building which could keep foods cold all year long. And they were used over 2,000 years ago. Plus: Munfordville, Kentucky has its own Stonehenge. Yakhchāls, Āb Anbārs, & Wind Catchers — Passive Cooling & Refrigeration Technologies Of Greater Iran (Persia) (Cleantechnica)Kentucky’s Stonehenge is one man’s rocky wonderland (FOX Lexington)Our Patreon backers are the coolest of the cool