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TheVortex09 t1_isoa1jp wrote

Reply to comment by PJFohsw97a 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

If you can think of a better way to get ice I'd love to hear it...

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