TIL that the first ever modern commercial refrigerator was built in Australia in 1856 to keep beer cold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(engineer)#Ice-making_operation_and_later_life



Submitted April 11, 2015 at 05:33PM by datums http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3281kp/til_that_the_first_ever_modern_commercial/