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Suspect-k t1_ismcney wrote

Reply to comment by slipslopslapandfap in 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 by stumcm

It wasn't on the map.

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slipslopslapandfap t1_ismp6tq wrote

I realise your comment is probably a joke but The treaty of Waitangi (our founding document) was signed in 1840

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Suspect-k t1_ismpojk wrote

Well, that wasn't on Sesame Street, so I've never heard of it.

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