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TRIVIA TIME
📺The first-ever TV commercial aired during a broadcast of baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies on July 1, 1941.⚾Who was the advertiser, and how much did they pay for the air time?
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TRIVIA TIME: Answer
The first TV advertiser? The Bulova Watch Company.⌚The cost? A whopping $9 — the equivalent of a little over $200 today.💰

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