These Vintage Ads Would Instantly Be Banned Today

What Is "Over-Smoked?"

Man, they really loved advertising things that children weren't allowed to have—using children in adverrtisements. Thanks, infant baby who probably doesn't have any opinions on cigarettes, for promoting Marlboros.

Ripped Stockings? Failed Marriage

If your man wants to leave you because he doesn't approve of your imperfect stockings, watch him go and close the door behind him. There hasn't been a moment in history where a husband has turned to his wife and said, "Your stockings look great today."

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The More You Know

  • The tongue is the only muscle in the body attached from one end.
  • Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.