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
SubmergedFin t1_isnd5g3 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 7:36 AM NZ has glaciers... but no entrepreneurs it seems :/ Permalink 4
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