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-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoIt was originally designed to run on peanut oil.
It was originally designed to run on peanut oil.