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-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoWe’ve killed off many other species simply by existing and expanding. And even more with what we do to the environment constantly.
We’ve killed off many other species simply by existing and expanding. And even more with what we do to the environment constantly.