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
Genova_Witness t1_isnke4d wrote on October 17, 2022 at 9:24 AM Now we make our own ice out of cold and flu medication or import it from SEA Permalink 6 [deleted] t1_isnvliq wrote on October 17, 2022 at 11:46 AM [deleted] Permalink Parent 1
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