Don_Dickle to Today I [email protected]English • 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-down17
arrow-up1228arrow-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 [email protected]English • 25 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•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.