Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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.