That Coke Super Bowl Ad Would Have Been Illegal in 1910s Iowa

That Coke Super Bowl Ad Would Have Been Illegal in 1910s Iowa

Idiots, racists, and old-fashioned xenophobes took to social media this past weekend to express their disgust with Coca-Cola. The international beverage company had the audacity to run an ad during the Super Bowl that featured people singing "America the Beautiful" in different languages. This, of course, was unacceptable to those who believe that the U.S. should be an English-only zone. And these mouthbreathing dunderheads would’ve felt right at home in states like Iowa and Nebraska during World War I.

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When the Next Flu Pandemic Hits, Keep Your Smartphone to Yourself

When the Next Flu Pandemic Hits, Keep Your Smartphone to Yourself

At the end of World War I, tens of millions of people died in just a few short years. But these deaths had nothing to do with the bullets and bayonets that had taken so many lives in battle. It was, instead, the Spanish Flu, which killed off about 5% of the world’s population from 1918 until 1920. Were a similar pandemic to hit today, one of the things we’d need to rethink is how we use our phones.

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