Yerm_Terragon t1_ismhohm wrote
Reply to comment by t3hmau5 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
They did, but the guy trying to convince people to put ice in their drinks could only harvest it from North America.
t3hmau5 t1_ismiazt wrote
As a cold beverage lover I salute the efforts of that one dude, apparently a revolutionary!
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