Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoTIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1227arrow-down1external-linkTIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoAnd then the drive towards petroleum started. We traded one terrible earth destroying thing for another.
And then the drive towards petroleum started. We traded one terrible earth destroying thing for another.