From chain-smoking Santa to gifting guns, these vintage Christmas ads are so offensive, sexist and bizarre that it's hard to believe they're real.Source: Huffington Post
Vintage advertisements offer a unadulterated look into the traditions and worldviews that people once believed. These vintage Christmas ads paint a picture of the past that’s not so politically correct.
From constantly insinuating that women should be left working in the home to using children to sell lighters and guns, these ads wouldn’t fly today. Read More...
Described as humble, average and poor, Uruguay's Jose Mujica is a remarkable politician precisely for not seeming like one.Source: The Guardian
The five-year administration of the “world’s humblest president” is about to come to an end. José Mujica took office as President of Uruguay in March 2010, but never moved into the Presidential Palace in Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo. Instead, he lived on his wife’s farm surrounded by the family dogs. Read More...
Before she became the mother of Jack Black, pioneering aerospace engineer Judith Love Cohen broke down barriers at NASA and secured her place in American history.Everyone knows Jack Black. Disheveled and wild-eyed, an enthusiastic guitar player and a live-wire comedic actor, he’s delighted audiences both as a star in movies like School of Rock and as the lead vocalist for the comedy rock band Tenacious D.
But Jack Black is far from the most historic member of his family. Read More...
