Bill Gates just brought a jar of poop on stage — for a very good reason

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Bill Gates just brought a jar of human poop on stage during a speech. Yes, you read that right.

To be fair, there was a good reason for Gates’ use of the unusual prop. He was appearing at the Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing, China, talking about the need for safe sanitation throughout the world and the Gates Foundation’s role in funding better sanitation options. 

While talking about the diseases and other threats that comes to exposure to excrement in areas of the world without adequate sanitation, Gates plopped his jar of poop right next to him for full effect. Read more…

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