A lot of us learned history in school, and I think we forgot more than we remembered. We might not all love it, but there are some cool things you can learn from it.
In that group is what we see in this interesting picture. It’s something from the past that millions of people used but might not be known today. We’re pretty sure that most people wouldn’t even know what it is.
It has something to do with laundry, in case you still don’t get it. There are records of people doing laundry going back thousands of years, though the ways they did it have changed over time.
People used to beat their dirty clothes against a rock in the water a long time ago. You can put them in a machine these days and they’ll be done in an hour.
What an interesting little thing we have here! It made it easy for people to do their laundry. It was a long process because of all the steps that had to be taken, like carrying the water, boiling it, cleaning, rinsing, wringing out the clothes, and drying them.