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This Ancient Technology Is Helping Millions Stay Cool
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Evaporative coolers can work great, also known as swamp coolers. Unless your humidity is already high, then they don't do much of anything. Unless I'm mistaken, you have to be around 50% to make a big difference in temperature, but where I live it's never below 70 in the summer, so I've never actually tried one. But the idea is cool.