4.A 2011 DC comic featured Jared Fogle "lending a helping hand" to Superman and Co. In 2015, he was sentenced to 15.5 years in prison for distributing child pornography and having sex with minors:
5. This website predicted that the world would have its last case of polio in 2016. Unfortunately, there are several countries still struggling with polio outbreaks, including the United States. There are currently a confirmed polio case in New York — a consequence of the anti-vax movement:
6. This 2017 article claimed that Josh Peck and Drake Bell had reconciled after Drake called Josh out on Twitter for not inviting him to his wedding. But on Barstool's BFFs podcast, Josh said they never actually made up and haven't spoken since the feud:
7. This 1950 ad claimed there was "not one single case of throat irritation due to smoking Camels." We know now that smoking puts people at a high risk for throat cancer:
9. This old advertisement for cellophane shows babies wrapped in plastic. As we now know, plastic wrap is a major suffocation hazard for babies and young children:
11. When the Telegram messaging app launched in 2013, it was advertised as "free forever." This year, they started offering a paid subscription version:
14. This is the poster for a movie called It's Pat, which was based on a regular character on SNL. The "joke" is that no one knows Pat's gender. This movie would obviously not be made today, as it's extremely offensive toward nonbinary people:
15. This is a quote from president James Buchanan about how he will be fondly remembered in the future. Unfortunately for him, he is actually considered to be one of the United States' worst presidents, due to the divisions he created over slavery leading up to the Civil War:
17. This page from a booklet claimed that July 2, 2016 would be "E-DAY," aka the day the world runs out of petrol. Prices of petrol are still exorbitantly high, but we definitely haven't run out:
18. In 2015, CNN ran an article that said Saudi Arabia would run out of cash in less than five years. According to the Economist, Saudi Arabia will have the fastest growing economy in 2022:
