Did Burma-Shave Offer to Send a Contest Winner to Mars?
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Did Burma-Shave once promise to send a man to Mars as part of a promotion?
The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/candlebo on 2024-10-06 11:18:11.

Original Title: TIL that in 1958, Burma-Shave offered a “free trip to Mars” for sending in 900 empty jars. A grocery store manager, Arliss French, took it literally and collected all 900. To save face, Burma-Shave sent him, fully dressed as an astronaut, to Moers, Germany (of which they felt was pronounced Mars).