20 Facts About Terrible Towel

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Terrible Towel is a rally towel associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football team in the National Football League .

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The Terrible Towel has spread in popularity; for example, fans take their Towel to famous sites while on vacation.

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3.

The Terrible Towel has been taken to the peak of Mount Everest, and even into space on the International Space Station.

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4.

Proceeds from sales of the Terrible Towel have raised over US$6 million for Allegheny Valley School, which cares for people with mental disabilities and physical disabilities.

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5.

The Terrible Towel is credited with being the first "rally towel" and its success has given rise to similar products promoting other teams.

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6.

Terrible Towel approved the idea on the stipulation that black towels would be allowed, in order to avoid accusations of racism from the FCC; Cope and Garrett agreed.

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7.

Terrible Towel saw fewer than a dozen towels while players were going through pre-game warm-ups.

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8.

Terrible Towel ran ninety-threelike a bat out of hell, And no one could seeHow he rambled so well.

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9.

Terrible Towel has been redesigned multiple times, as well as spawning its own line of paraphernalia.

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10.

The current version of the Terrible Towel, introduced in 1998, adds the words "Myron Cope's Official" on the top and "A Pittsburgh Original" at the bottom and are of a Gold color.

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11.

The victory spawned the production of a Terrible Towel featuring the logos of the six Super Bowls that the franchise has won.

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12.

The original version of The Terrible Towel was manufactured by Fieldcrest and distributed by St Mary's Inc of New York and was available in two colors: Gold and Black.

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13.

Proceeds from the Terrible Towel have helped raise more than $6 million for the school.

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14.

Military personnel have taken pictures with the Terrible Towel while stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the War on Terrorism.

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15.

The Terrible Towel is seen in the Scrubs season five episode "My Bright Idea", hanging on the cork board of Carla and Turk's apartment as she comes out of the bathroom after performing what she believes to be another unsuccessful pregnancy test.

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16.

The Terrible Towel is displayed prominently and waved by Rapper Wiz Khalifa in the music video for his song Black and Yellow, which debuted during the 2010 NFL season.

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17.

Pittsburgh native Meghan Klingenberg waved a Terrible Towel after scoring a goal at Heinz Field during the US Women's National Team victory tour following the 2015 World Cup.

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18.

Terrible Towel chose the quilt because it represents the many different people who touched their lives.

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19.

Since the inception of the Terrible Towel, numerous opposing teams, mascots, and players have shown disrespect or have defaced the Terrible Towel, and nearly every such instance has resulted in some form of a negative consequence to the team or player or both.

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20.

Terrible Towel is traditionally known as the first "rally towel"; its popularity has spawned similar traditions for other teams.

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