Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-up1234arrow-down18cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1226arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months 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
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