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This “tip” from 1963 advises folks to bury engine gas within the floor. At this time, we all know how dangerous that is to the environment:
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This particular person made a joke about murdering Queen Elizabeth on the precise day she ended up dying:
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And this meme joked that Queen Elizabeth would outlive King Charles so he’d by no means take her throne. Following her loss of life, he turned king:
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A 2011 DC comedian featured Jared Fogle “lending a serving to hand” to Superman and Co. In 2015, he was sentenced to fifteen.5 years in jail for distributing baby pornography and having intercourse with minors:
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This web site predicted that the world would have its final case of polio in 2016. Sadly, there are a number of nations nonetheless battling polio outbreaks, together with america. There are at the moment at the very least 57 confirmed polio instances in New York — a consequence of the anti-vax motion:
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This 2017 article claimed that Josh Peck and Drake Bell had reconciled after Drake referred to as Josh out on Twitter for not inviting him to his marriage ceremony. However on Barstool’s BFFs podcast, Josh mentioned they by no means really made up and have not spoken for the reason that feud:
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This 1950 advert claimed there was “not one single case of throat irritation as a result of smoking Camels.” We all know now that smoking places folks at a excessive danger for throat most cancers:
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This 2018 quote from Jalen Ramsey is a bit embarrassing lately, contemplating Josh Allen’s success:
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This outdated commercial for cellophane reveals infants wrapped in plastic. As we now know, plastic wrap is a significant suffocation hazard for infants and younger youngsters:
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And this commercial for lead positively predated our information of how harmful the naturally occurring component actually is:
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When the Telegram messaging app launched in 2013, it was marketed as “free perpetually.” This 12 months, they began providing a paid subscription model:
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This historic laptop has a sticker on it that claims “by no means out of date.” I encourage to vary:
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This advert selling salt for weight reduction is each pseudoscience and anti-fat:
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That is the poster for a film referred to as It is Pat, which was based mostly on a daily character on SNL. The “joke” is that nobody is aware of Pat’s gender. This film would clearly not be made immediately, because it’s extraordinarily offensive towards nonbinary folks:
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This can be a quote from president James Buchanan about how he can be fondly remembered sooner or later. Sadly for him, he’s really thought of to be one of many United States’ worst presidents, as a result of divisions he created over slavery main as much as the Civil Warfare:
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This was a Nineteen Fifties commercial titled “The Great thing about Asbestos.” At this time, we’re fortunately conscious that asbestos causes most cancers:
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This web page from a booklet claimed that July 2, 2016 can be “E-DAY,” aka the day the world runs out of petrol. Costs of petrol are nonetheless exorbitantly excessive, however we positively have not run out:
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In 2015, CNN ran an article that mentioned Saudi Arabia would run out of money in lower than 5 years. Based on the Economist, Saudi Arabia could have the quickest rising financial system in 2022:
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This commercial suggested girls to place Lysol of their vaginas. Sufficient mentioned: