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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 17 hours ago

WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests

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WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 17 hours ago
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  • dvoraqs@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Georgia the country, not Georgia the US state. Still horrible.

    • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      They’ve been pretyy free woth tear gas in the other one, also a ww1 toxic compound.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      We really ought to start calling that place Sakartvelo.

      • Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca
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        10 hours ago

        I disagree, we should rename the state Steve Harveistan due to family feud.

      • DreamButt@lemmy.world
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        14 hours ago

        Is that the native word for the place?

        • grue@lemmy.world
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          11 hours ago

          Sort of – that’s it transliterated into the Latin alphabet. The real native word is apparently “საქართველო”, according to Wikipedia.

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    Further info on the compound. Wikipedia claims it to be as toxic as chlorine. That was also used in WW1, under the name “bertholite”.

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      13 hours ago

      Bertholite sounds like a Pedialyte competitor that would taste like chlorine

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