20 Absurd Things That Were Absolutely Normal In the Past
The not-so-distant past was filled with so many totally crazy things that we struggle to even imagine how they could possibly have been absolutely normal. Here are some everyday activities and common practices that were totally ordinary in the past despite how absolutely ridiculous and dangerous they may seem to us today. Suntan vending machines, water massagers for breasts, toothache remedy with cocaine, babies in cigarette ads and what not.
Beauty contest
Suntan vending machine
Water massager for breasts
Hair straightening in the 1960s
Women have their legs painted at a store in London
Job hunting
Toothache remedy with cocaine
Models could just appear from car trunks
A mobile church on a Ford Model-T
Specially numbered gloves used to teach touch-typing
A woman in a giant frying pan
Kids jumping from the balcony
The automaton Euphonia that could imitate human speech
Babies in 1960s cigarette ads
A child's car seat in the 1940s
“The Ghost Team”
Before a vaccine against diphtheria was created
Just a usual day at Walt Disney Studios
Babysitter in the 1910s
Similar things happen nowadays as well
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