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-square25fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down16
arrow-up1217arrow-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-square25fedilink
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·1 month agoAmericans killed off the bison because indians liked them.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoThat wins. The pettiest motive.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoRome vs Carthage. Romans beat them up then poured tons of salt on the fields so that they could never grow crops and rebuild. Just to be mean.
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAt least it’s been brought back from extinction thanks to conservation efforts.
Americans killed off the bison because indians liked them.
That wins. The pettiest motive.
Rome vs Carthage. Romans beat them up then poured tons of salt on the fields so that they could never grow crops and rebuild. Just to be mean.
At least it’s been brought back from extinction thanks to conservation efforts.