19 March 2011

Today I learned that..

"Teddy" Bears are called that way because of Roosevelt

In 1903 Margaret Steiff's nephew designed the first toy bear with joined arms and legs and presented it at the Leipzig Toy Fair. An american businessman discovered the bear and ordered 3000 of them. From 1906 onwards, the bear was sold as "Teddy Bear", after the current president Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.

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