minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoIt was used in automatic transmission fluid until the 1970s. linkfedilink
It was used in automatic transmission fluid until the 1970s.