Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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: 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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squaredelirious_owllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoIt was originally designed to run on peanut oil.
It was originally designed to run on peanut oil.