Don_Dickle 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.orgmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down18cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
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 to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 25 days agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-square@stoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•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.