TIL Iraq 1971 poison grain disaster has left 459 dead and 100,000 brain damaged. Farmers consumed grain treated with mercury fungicide, because they didn't understand English/Spanish warnings or skull/crossbones sign

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[–]CarlDung 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Goddamn. And we are sharing the planet with this kind of people and still think we are equal in some sense?

[–]Cindy 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Because they don't understand European languages or a Western icon?

[–]CarlDung 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lol? Do you think only Europeans have skulls? Or, in which culture the sign of skull and bones is a sign of health?