Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days 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-up1226arrow-down18
arrow-up1218arrow-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 · 25 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agoIt was used in automatic transmission fluid until the 1970s.
It was used in automatic transmission fluid until the 1970s.