FarceMultiplier t1_isoaly0 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:57 PM

Reply to comment by curtislamure 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

Not sure why you were downvoted when telling historical truth.

270- t1_ispvqs1 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 8:31 PM

Because it doesn't have anything to do with the TIL, I'd guess. The impressive part here is the transportation. Iran wasn't importing ice from Boston in 1000 BC, they just kept relatively local ice from melting for a few months.