Magical History Tour 3: Hidden Oil

Magical History Tour 3: Hidden Oil — page 3 — CAN YOU FIND IT ON THE GROUND LIKE EGGS SOMETIMES YES AND WHEN YOU DO IT’S CALLED SEEPAGE BUT MOSTLY IT’S DEEP UNDERGROUND PEOPLE USED TO THINK THAT OIL CAME FROM ROCK AND SO THEY CALLED IT STONE OIL OR LIQUID ROCK BUT ACTUALLY IT’S MADE UP OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT ENDED UP ON THE OCEAN FLOOR OVER TIME THEY GOT COVERED WITH SEDIMENT THAT’S TINY PARTICLES OF ROCK LIKE SAND WHICH ACTED LIKE A PRESSURE COOKER AND FORMED POCKETS OF OIL 4

Magical History Tour 3: Hidden Oil — page 4 — SO IF WE PUT PLANTS AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR POND WILL THEY TURN INTO OIL THE PROCESS OF TURNING PLANTS INTO OIL TAKES MILLIONS OF YEARS iT STARTED LONG BEFORE HUMAN BEINGS EXISTED WELL THAT WOULD TAKE A VERY LONG TIME BUT IN JUST TWO HUNDRED YEARS WE’VE USED UP SO MUCH OF THIS BLACK GOLD THAT THERE COULD BE NONE LEFT BY THE END OF THIS CENTURY REALLY SO WHY DOES EVERYONE WANT IT SO MUCH 5

Magical History Tour 3: Hidden Oil — page 5 — PEOPLE STARTED COMING ACROSS PUDDLES OF THIS SMELLY BLACK LIQUID BACK IN ANCIENT TIMES YUCK i'D RATHER FIND PUDDLES OF CHOCOLATE YES BUT OIL HAS ALL SORTS OF USES THE EGYPTIANS USED IT TO PRESERVE THEIR MUMMIES THE GREEKS SEALED THEIR BOATS WITH IT 6

Magical History Tour 3: Hidden Oil — page 6 — THE BYZANTINES SET FIRE TO ENEMY SHIPS WITH IT iT BECAME KNOWN AS GREEK FIRE BUT THEY ALSO CALLED IT STICKY FIRE iN THE 17TH CENTURY FRENCH DOCTORS USED IT TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH BAD COUGHS AND SNAKE BITES iT SURE IS AND IT STARTED BEING BOUGHT AND SOLD IN THE MIDDLE AGES FOR EXAMPLE IN BAKU A CITY ON THE CASPIAN SEA BUT THE REAL BOOM BEGAN IN THE 1800’S 7 SO IT’S PRETTY USEFUL STUFF

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