These Vintage Ads Would Instantly Be Banned Today

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Would you want to go to on down to Hardee's for "something sloppy and hastily prepared"? Who wrote the copy for this?

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We've all been here... you get home from a long day at the Men's Office For Men Where Men Work, and your wife has prepared a delicious meal: two beers on a plate, and some black soot stuck to the bottom of a pan. Mmm, carcinogens!

The More You Know

The oceans contain 200,000 different kinds of viruses.
Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd dusted off their Ghostbusters costumes to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.
Fleas can jump up to 100 times their body length.
At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife's weight in beer.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.