Finally, a car ad that intellectuals can love

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As a history buff with a tragically underused Religious Studies minor, I was nerdishly stoked about seeing the statue of Jan Hus on my recent trip to Prague. Hus was a theologian who took on the Catholic Church a century before Martin Luther. Strangely, I found the statue surrounded by a large screen that’s basically just an advertisement for Czech automaker Skoda. Turns out the statue is undergoing renovation, which is being financed by Skoda’s ad.

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