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
3d_blunder t1_isn9itu wrote on October 17, 2022 at 6:45 AM Oh you kids. Look up the history of "the cold chain" for a fun time. Permalink 1
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