TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust dictionaryofsydney.org Submitted by stumcm t3_y5vimm on October 16, 2022 at 11:42 PM in todayilearned 177 comments 3,011
blondepancake t1_ism6b31 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:41 AM I have a feeling I might go down a rabbit hole to learn more about this Permalink 2
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