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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
A lot of cars back then didn't have air conditioning either, which meant that people pretty much always had their windows down. More people smoked cigarettes then, too, which also likely would have meant they'd have their windows down inhaling car exhaust while smoking.
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This is nothing compared to late 19th -early 20th century, when people used to ingest or shove lead/mercury/meth suppositories up their rectum as part of their medicine, Coca-Cola had actual cocaine in it, and heroin was used routinely to cure coughs in children.