These Vintage Ads Would Instantly Be Banned Today

Excuse Me?

Listen, if there were vitamins that afforded people the ability to become cuter and get more work done, they would be flying off the shelves. Sadly, this is just regular, old sexism.

That's It, Huh...

Everyone knows that men simply get married instead of learning how to cook. Men look at a raw chicken and go, "What am I supposed to do with this?" That's why they have wives.

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The More You Know

  • The wolf's jaw can exert 1500 pounds of pressure per square inch, twice the jaw pressure of a German Shepherd. Wolves can crush large bones in just a few bites.
  • The idea that a man should spend two months salary on an engagement ring was popularized by De Beers' ad agency.
  • Pilots and their co-pilots are required to eat different meals before flights so that they don’t both end up with food poisoning.
  • In 2009, Burger King launched a campaign that if you unfriended 10 friends on Facebook, you were entitled to a free Whopper. The person you unfriended would get a message telling them that their friendship is worth less than a Whopper.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.