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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by BuildTheRobots on Thursday April 05, 2018 @05:19AM (#16763199)
Ice Houses were really popular; especially in the UK:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_house_(building)

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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by noefingway on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:53AM (#16764395)
Harvesting ice in the winter was a common and wide spread activity in North America (and most of Europe). Short article on Hudson River ice harvesting http://www.genealogy.clifflamere.com/Aid/History/IceHarvesti...
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