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The circle of life (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by HootinNHollerin to c/[email protected]

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[–] dohpaz42 52 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

TIL

Does Oil Come From Dinosaur Fossils?

It’s a commonly spread fiction that oil comes from dinosaurs because when people hear fossils, their brains immediately jump to dinosaurs. However, that’s not the case.

The truth may be less exciting to some, but oil and other fossil fuels are not actually formed from the remains of dinosaurs. The oil we’re drilling and pumping to the surface as fuel is formed from diatoms, small organisms such as algae and bacteria that lived long before dinosaurs even existed. Source

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A more entertaining source:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/101/

[–] dohpaz42 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

We need to induct Randal into the wholesome four at some point.

Edit: typo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Induct? Or has he committed a crime I'm not aware of?

[–] dohpaz42 5 points 5 months ago

The crime of being wholesome and helping other people!!

Ok, autocorrect hates me. Thanks for pointing that out.