These Vintage Ads Would Instantly Be Banned Today

My Wife, The Cleaner

Gift your wife a vacuum for Christmas, sure. Just don't expect her to be very thrilled about it.

You'll Never Guess

Thought these ads couldn't get any worse? Boy, were you wrong. This ad is for... wait for it... a vaginal douche. A Lysol-brand vaginal douche. Yes, the liquid disinfectant. Imagine putting that up there.

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The More You Know

  • When two white-faced capuchin monkeys meet, they say hello by sticking their fingers into each other's noses.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • Little brown bats sleep more than any other mammal on earth.
  • Elvis only won 3 Grammys.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.