These Vintage Ads Would Instantly Be Banned Today

Where Is That, Exactly...?

Keep your girlfriend where she belongs: inside of your shoes. Maybe in the 1950s "girlfriend" was another word for "socks."

Not Anymore

Imagine an ad like this running today. More importantly, imagine sleeping in a button-down shirt and tie. What a loser. Get your own breakfast, weirdo.

The More You Know

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There's only one country in the world that doesn't use the metric system.
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Where the Wild Things Are was supposed to have been about horses—but the illustrator couldn't draw them.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.