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-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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-square12fedilink
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s crazy to think that we almost brought a class of animals to extinction, all because we had the arrogance to read in the dark.
minus-squareBowtiesAreCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWe’ve killed off many other species simply by existing and expanding. And even more with what we do to the environment constantly.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoWait till you lean how many species go extinct per year. We’re currently in the middle of a mass extinction era, mostly caused by human industrialization
It’s crazy to think that we almost brought a class of animals to extinction, all because we had the arrogance to read in the dark.
We’ve killed off many other species simply by existing and expanding. And even more with what we do to the environment constantly.
Wait till you lean how many species go extinct per year.
We’re currently in the middle of a mass extinction era, mostly caused by human industrialization