Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-down18
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 · 4 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months agoIt was originally designed to run on peanut oil.
It was originally designed to run on peanut oil.