DYK: Al-Qaeda Terrorist Architect Was a Pitchman for Hair Removal Ad

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Distant cousin to Winnie the Pooh?

That Chewbacca look-alike in the advertisement above is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man dubbed as the “9/11 Mastermind.”

While he will forever be known as one of the worst human beings ever because of the devastation he brought to our native soil, in the country of Turkey, he’s known as something else: Spokesperson.

The ad is for Epila Hair Removal. The call-to-action headline in Turkish means “Waiting won’t get rid of that hair.”

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