PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 month agoUS soldier spraying the inside of an Italian house with DDT for malaria control, 1945media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down11
arrow-up1158arrow-down1imageUS soldier spraying the inside of an Italian house with DDT for malaria control, 1945media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·1 month agoThis almost lead to the extinction of the Italians after the DDT caused their eggs to thin, right?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down1·1 month agoYou can even see an Italian in its larval form distressed by its imminent demise in the photo.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoOh that’s why their arms are down and appear still.
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoAre we sure this is Italy? I see no pasta.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoMussolini declared war on pasta; it took the Italian people many years after WW2 to recover 😔
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoYeah, for a while the Swiss had overtaken the Italians in pasta production.
This almost lead to the extinction of the Italians after the DDT caused their eggs to thin, right?
You can even see an Italian in its larval form distressed by its imminent demise in the photo.
Oh that’s why their arms are down and appear still.
Are we sure this is Italy? I see no pasta.
Mussolini declared war on pasta; it took the Italian people many years after WW2 to recover 😔
Yeah, for a while the Swiss had overtaken the Italians in pasta production.