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I was just having the discussion with my students when discussing icon designs. As a kid I always thought the radiation sign was a fan; was mildly confused by s

I was just having the discussion with my students when discussing icon designs. As a kid I always thought the radiation sign was a fan; was mildly confused by suburbs/towns which had anti-nuclear signs up - what does this place have against fans?

askvictor 7y ago
And reading this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_symbol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_symbol it seems that the skull and crossbones is now enticing to kids because pirates! Gah. Also, the biohazard symbol was designed to be memorable but meaningless so people could be educated.