One of the cool things I like since moving to Firefox is the daily suggested reading. This appears to be curated and usually comes with few to no adverts.

Having said that, this post is about advertising, but it's quite interesting!


"Often the criticism of vintage ads focuses on their inherent sexism, racism, or other displays of social prejudices, which we find laughable today, despite their continued presence. But what about ads that steered consumers into dangerous territory, espousing outmoded scientific evidence or misleading half-truths to convince people that appallingly toxic products, or even deadly ones, were actually good for them?"

Full story: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-were-we-thinking-the-top-10-most-dangerous-ads?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb

This reminds me of a product they used to sell called Christmas snow flakes or something like that, you would throw it over the tree and decorations to make it all look more like Christmas.

Turns out it was made of asbestos 

https://asbestosproservices.com/2018/12/fake-snow-made-from-asbestos-was-marketed-as-christmas-decor/

I think we had that when I was really little