PugJesus@kbin.socialM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.world · 2 years agoUS soldier spraying the inside of an Italian house with DDT for malaria control, 1945media.kbin.socialexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down11
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkUS soldier spraying the inside of an Italian house with DDT for malaria control, 1945media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·2 years agoThis almost lead to the extinction of the Italians after the DDT caused their eggs to thin, right?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·2 years agoYou can even see an Italian in its larval form distressed by its imminent demise in the photo.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years agoOh that’s why their arms are down and appear still.
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agoAre we sure this is Italy? I see no pasta.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoMussolini declared war on pasta; it took the Italian people many years after WW2 to recover 😔
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years 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.