Muggy. Sticky. Miserable.

For eons, that’s just what summer was. In fact, when air conditioning first became available, few people took advantage of it. Wasn’t summer supposed to be uncomfortable?

This is the story of how people finally warmed up to the idea of keeping cool.

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