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  • The first-ever TV commercial aired in 1925.
    False Explanation: The first TV commercial actually aired in 1941 in the U.S. It was a 10-second ad for Bulova watches and cost only $9 to produce.
  • Coca-Cola helped shape the modern image of Santa Claus.
    True Explanation: Coca-Cola popularized the image of Santa Claus as a jolly man in a red suit in their 1930s ad campaigns, though they didn’t invent him.
  • The average person sees around 1,000 ads per day.
    False Explanation: The average person actually sees between 4,000 and 10,000 ads per day, from TV and internet ads to billboards and packaging.
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