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
nescent78 t1_isnbffi wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:12 AM Reply to comment by littleday 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 Wait ... What? Permalink Parent 13 littleday t1_isncq7x wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:30 AM Meth, People from Perth love meth. Permalink Parent 85 nescent78 t1_isnd3nn wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:35 AM Ooooooh that makes so much more sense. I lived in Perth for 8 months and locked down on the ice part Permalink Parent 11
littleday t1_isncq7x wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:30 AM Meth, People from Perth love meth. Permalink Parent 85 nescent78 t1_isnd3nn wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:35 AM Ooooooh that makes so much more sense. I lived in Perth for 8 months and locked down on the ice part Permalink Parent 11
nescent78 t1_isnd3nn wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:35 AM Ooooooh that makes so much more sense. I lived in Perth for 8 months and locked down on the ice part Permalink Parent 11
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