b0nz1 t1_iso5vuq wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:20 PM Reply to comment by Yerm_Terragon 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 That sounds absolutely ridiculous and 100% made up. Permalink Parent 1
b0nz1 t1_iso5vuq wrote
Reply to comment by Yerm_Terragon 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
That sounds absolutely ridiculous and 100% made up.