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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: The History of Whaling
Description: Whaling is something that humans have engaged in for thousands of years.For most of that time, indigenous groups conducted it on a small scale for survival purposes.Over time, whaling became commercialized, the annual whale harvest exploded, and whaling became a cornerstone of the early industrial revolution. Alas, it couldn’t last forever.Learn more about whaling, its rise, and its fall, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.<...