00:00dear viewers welcome to truth and trends today we are diving into the strangest ads in history
00:13but before that here's today's riddle i have cities but no houses i have mountains but no
00:19trees i have water but no fish what am i hmm tough one is it a dream nice try but no that's not it
00:27okay second attempt it must be a video game world i like the creativity sonia but no you'll get the
00:34answer at the end of this video until then let's dive into some shocking ads did you know there
00:40was once a chocolate called radium chocolate they advertised it as an energy booster because radium
00:46glowed in the dark that sounds insane people were literally eating radioactive stuff exactly
00:51back then people thought if it glows it must be powerful but in reality radium exposure causes
00:57cancer and organ damage a deadly idea packaged as a sweet hard to believe a chocolate bar could be
01:03so dangerous definitely one of the worst ad ideas in history moving on sonia do you remember candy
01:10cigarettes they were given to kids so they could look cool like adults yes i've seen old ads kids
01:16holding fake cigarettes with smoke-like powder shocking imagine training children to smoke before
01:21they even knew the harm of tobacco exactly studies later showed those candy cigarettes increase the
01:27chance of real smoking habits in adulthood that's why most countries banned them proof that not
01:32every fun ad is harmless some can shape lifelong addictions and here's another classic scam the
01:38miracle tonic ads promised it cured headaches indigestion cough even weak nerves all in one bottle
01:44sounds like today's whatsapp forwards one drink for every disease exactly in reality most were just
01:51sugar water alcohol or dangerous chemicals no scientific basis which is why governments crack
01:56down on such fake cure-all products later okay deepak enough suspense i think i figured out your riddle
02:03the answer is a map haha correct yes a map has cities mountains water but none of them are real
02:10well done finally got one right viewers if you enjoyed this mix of riddles in history don't forget to like
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02:21we'll be back soon with more unbelievable ads and brain twisting riddles till then stay curious
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