stackyFACTSBefore widespread home refrigeration, society relied on men walking aggressively door to door at dawn. Clinking heavy glass bottles down the sidewalk, they ensured every porch had fresh dairy. It was an incredibly loud, intensely localized supply chain that ran purely on shoe leather.
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