We recently looked at a Volkswagen Beetle rigged to run on human waste. But for sustainability-happy VW fans who have a hard time stomaching the idea of a poop-powered vehicle, we present a second, more sterile option.
Adolf Hitler approves Ferdinand Porsche's design for the "people's car," or volkswagen. A town called Stadt des KdF-Wagens, now Wolfsburg, is established for factory workers in 1938. Full-scale production is planned for September 1939, but war intervenes.
With the new season of "Mad Men" here, we started reminiscing about the ad campaigns that Don Draper and crew have worked on, from Kodak to Lucky Strike. The ads vividly evoke the early 1960s--but what really happened to those brands back in the day? When did real life trump "Mad Men"? Read and find out.
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