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Teddy...
The Teddy Bear is named after Teddy Roosevelt.
While hunting in Mississippi during his presidency, a few of the men in
Roosevelt’s party treed a small black bear and summoned Roosevelt so
that he could take the shot.
Roosevelt decided that killing the young, trapped bear was not sporting,
and spared it.
A New York toymaker heard the story, and asked Roosevelt’s permission
before styling a child’s stuffed toy bear as the “Teddy Bear”.
Roosevelt gave his permission, noting that he did not expect many sales.
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