These Vintage Ads Would Instantly Be Banned Today

Cigarettes for Doctors

This was long before the Surgeon General warned that smoking would kill you. In fact, your very own doctor might hand you a cigarette—right along with a lung cancer diagnosis.

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  • 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 unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
  • There is a fish with transparent bones and white blood.
  • There's a word for tapping someone on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.