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-square35fedilinkarrow-up1235
arrow-up1235external-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-square35fedilink
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoIt was used in automatic transmission fluid until the 1970s.
It was used in automatic transmission fluid until the 1970s.