Inventions
Have you ever heard the expression "Necessity is the mother of invention?" Do yo...
Teddy bears are named for the 26th president of the United States, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt. In November of 1902, the President refused to shoot a bear during a hunting trip, and later a cartoon about the incident appeared in newspapers all over the country. A husband and wife in New York put a cute stuffed bear in the window of their candy store to honor the President's action. People loved the bear and called it "Teddy's bear." So, the couple helped form a toy company that began selling thousands of stuffed bears. Meanwhile, in Germany, an art student designed a stuffed toy bear and took it to a toy show. An American who knew how popular "Teddy's bear" was becoming in the United States ordered thousands. Within a few years, all sorts of teddy bears were being made. They danced, walked, whistled, and turned somersaults. Early bears were handmade, but after World War II, factories began mass-producing cheaper bears. Collectors now pay a lot of money for the old handmade bears. A German one sold for $176,000 in 1994.
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