If there’s a worse town motto than Fall River’s, I’d like to hear itSubmitted by orleansville t3_y9s2zo in massachusetts
SheeEttin t1_it7vlke wrote
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What does that even mean?
Codspear t1_it7y5ob wrote
It’s alluding to New Bedford’s history as the whaling capital of the world in the early-to-mid-19th century. Whale oil was primarily used to fuel lamps before the discovery of kerosene*.
Edit: Wrong hydrocarbon
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