
The Mysterious Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Importance of Technology in Water Supply
A lot of these people are quoting each other and remixing each other. And they're writing about this, these wonders far after they've been destroyed. There's one guy, Deodorus Cecilia's Greek historian from Sicily who says there were machines, quote, raising the water in great abundance from the river. It's all pretty impressive. But you know, it makes me think ... I'm impressed and also annoyed by the fact that I have a sump pump in my house to pump the water from my basement upstairs.
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