minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoIt was used in automatic transmission fluid until the 1970s. linkfedilink
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Morrissey wrote a novel that was published in 2015. It got a ton of negative reviews and won the "bad sex award for love scenes" that year.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThis better be satire. linkfedilink
It was used in automatic transmission fluid until the 1970s.