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This Common Substance Was Once Worth Millions

Veritasium

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Veritasium tells the story of how ice went from a rare luxury worth millions (harvested, shipped, and monopolized by Frederic Tudor) to a world-changing necessity transformed by refrigeration and artificial ice, reshaping cities, medicine, and modern food systems.

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A man who has drunk his drinks cold at the same expense for one week can never be presented with them warm again.

—Veritasium
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