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  Advertising has always been an interestin g way to look at history. But when you see these vintage advertisements, the past seems a lot stranger than you thought.   🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Accessories include a ball gag and a riding crop.    🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 "Lysol's great spreading power means it reaches deeply into folds and crevices to search out germs." “Feminine hygiene” was a euphemism for birth control since the 1900s, and by 1940, Lysol was the most popular contraceptive in the US.   🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻  Interwoven - "Announcing the best-dressed men in America" ... are Gay!   🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Hey kid. Shut the hell up! 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Silly Putty was invented during WW2 when the US needed to come up with an inexpensive substitute for synthetic rubber. 🔻 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 Catering to people's insecurities has always been a gold mine for entrepreneurs. 🔻 ...