Oil: it's a ubiquitous substance humans have been relying on for longer than you might think. We cook with it, we moisturize with it, we run machines with it - it keeps slipping into places we least expect to find it, for good and for ill...
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[The Gauntlet]
Original Crisco oil plant
Company that produces Crisco
Process to turn liquid oil into solid
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act decade
Upton Sinclair book
Two oils in modern Crisco
Kream Krisp vs. Crisco
[Trivia Question]
Value of Spanish extra virgin olive oil stolen in August 2023
[Fact Off]
Russell Martin Bliss contaminated Times Beach, Missouri with waste oil to stop dust
Using human/animal hair to adsorb oil spills
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/7/7/52
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213343715000330
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/04/980424032349.htm
https://time.com/6262631/philippines-oil-spill-cleanup-hair/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Saturated/unsaturated fat chemistry and how they influence bloodstream lipids
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-its-made-cholesterol-production-in-your-body
https://openheart.bmj.com/content/5/2/e000871
[Butt One More Thing]
Mineral oil used as a lubricant laxative
https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/laxative-oral-route/before-using/drg-20070683?p=1