lsanborn t1_ismgwl1 wrote
Reply to comment by A40 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
They were already shipping both food and timber all over the world.
A40 t1_ismh9p4 wrote
Tons of straw, peat and sawdust with every shipload (all going to waste) are kinda a guarantee of pest importation :-)
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