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
dekkalife t1_ismbs5y wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:22 AM The Simpsons were right Permalink 63 oozinator1 t1_isnffe5 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 8:10 AM Came here for this Permalink Parent 14
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