Hitler teapot
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The Michael Graves Design Bells and Whistles Stainless Steel Tea Kettle, colloquially known as the Hitler teapot, was a stainless-steel kettle sold in 2013 by the American retailer and department stor
Hitler teapot
Adolf Hitler
Toothbrush moustache
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The toothbrush moustache is a style of moustache in which the sides are vertical, often approximating the width of the nose and visually resembling the bristles on a toothbrush. First becoming popular
Hitler teapot
…from 1933 to 1945. The kettle's design incorporated a black handle and lid top that many users interpreted to look like Hitler's parted hairstyle and toothbrush moustache, as well as a spout that was thought to resemble a right arm raised in a Nazi salute. In a poll of KPCC listeners, roughly 31 percent thought it resembled…
Charlie Chaplin (pictured in 1921 as the Tramp) thought the moustache gave him a comical appearance.
Comedian Oliver Hardy's defining toothbrush (1938)
Adolf Hitler in 1923; his appearance was so defined by his moustache that it became unfashionable by the end of WWII.
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's philtrum-covering variant