Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-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 · 3 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·3 months agoAmericans killed off the bison because indians liked them.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoThat wins. The pettiest motive.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months 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-up5·3 months 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.