6 Comments TIL that whalers during the 19th century used rocket-powered harpoons to kill whales by whatilearned January 16, 2023, 9:06 pm 11 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments What’s a whaler’s favorite part of a woman? by cringeyjokesman September 29, 2022, 4:08 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that there was a mutualistic relationship between human whalers and orca around twofold bay Australia until 1930, it may have been 1,000s of years old. by whatilearned September 11, 2022, 6:31 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that there was once spoken a Algonquian–Basque pidgin, or a language combining elements of the Native American Algonquian language and the Basque language from Spain. It was spoken between Basque whalers and local Algonquian people in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Eastern Canada in the 1600s. by whatilearned February 26, 2022, 7:33 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL of the killer whales of Eden, Australia. In the 1800s they would cooperate with human whalers to hunt larger whales. Both parties would share the carcass. by whatilearned January 28, 2022, 1:44 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL sperm whales got their name from late 18th century commercial whalers who discovered the enormous white fluid-filled organ in the whale’s head and misinterpret it for sperm fluid. This organ which is now called the spermaceti organ is actually used as a powerful echolocation equipment. by whatilearned March 28, 2021, 11:29 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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