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 August 20, 2017

Of Lamps and Whales

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In today's Nerdy Curio from Engines of our Ingenuity, The Whale Oil Myth: the unrelated collapse of whaling and rise of petroleum. Today, did big oil save the whales?

Aired August 2, 2017

All Engines of our Ingenuity content is available at www.uh.edu

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    Video???? I didn't see it.
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    Wished there was a video along with this instead of just a picture
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    Engines of our Ingenuity is a podcast, so they are an audio-only format. Thanks for listening, though!
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