Double Header

Baseball manager Bill Veeck once promoted a double-header by hiring a pair of conjoined twins to umpire the games.

Mr. Peanut

Planters created Mr. Peanut after failing to obtain the rights to use George Washington Carver's likeness in advertisements.

Mr. Met

Mr. Met began as the mascot of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. His head was a globe, instead of a baseball, before he was adopted by the New York Mets ball club.