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FrankieMcGigglefits t1_isnb6ng wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:08 AM

Reply to comment by stumcm 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 so sure. I saw doc invent an ice machine in back to the future 3, so I'm going with that

HumanChicken t1_iso8xei wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:44 PM

Those brown ice cubes… 🤢

Thatparkjobin7A t1_isodcg7 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:18 PM

Memory unlocked

yyzda32 t1_ispea3r wrote on October 17, 2022 at 6:37 PM

"Iced Tea???"

Decipher t1_ispgf3c wrote on October 17, 2022 at 6:51 PM

He was probably basing his design on the existing one, since he was in 1885.