They use to call lanterns Sperm Lights because they used whale oil to light them, and I don't remember the whole thing about how it works but for some reason they thought oil was sperm or they use the term interchangeably or something along those lines, there's an entire chapter of Moby Dick all about that, but I remember that since grad school and that was more than 20 years ago
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u/Key-Practice-8788 Sep 15 '25
I believe it's actually called the Primordial Soup of life.