Don_Dickle to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 23 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-up1234arrow-down18cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1226arrow-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 • 23 days agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-square@delirious_owllinkEnglish4•edit-222 days agoWait till you lean how many species go extinct per year. We’re currently in the middle of a mass extinction era, mostly caused by human industrialization
Wait till you lean how many species go extinct per year.
We’re currently in the middle of a mass extinction era, mostly caused by human industrialization