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Origins: An image purportedly showing a 1964 print advertisement for the WD-40 brand of spray lubricant began circulating on the internet in November 2014. One of the first places the image popped up was in a "funny photos" thread on the US Message Board, where a user posted it on 4 November 2014 asserting it was an advertisement from 1960. However, the date of the putative ad was changed as the image was shared on sites such as Imgur, Facebook, and Reddit, with the most common claim being the ad dated from 1964:
This is a genuine advertisement from 1964 when WD40 was first released. What can be said now has been completely sanitized. Could this advert be released today?
Read more at snopes.com 1964 WD-40 Ad Full of Sexual Innuendo
This is a genuine advertisement from 1964 when WD40 was first released. What can be said now has been completely sanitized. Could this advert be released today?
Read more at snopes.com 1964 WD-40 Ad Full of Sexual Innuendo