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GAo05 TIL that in 1909, a toy company came up with a challenge to the popular teddy bear- Billy Possum, a stuffed possum. They were initially popular but the fad died in less than a year.
OGZKR TIL after teddy bears (named for Teddy Roosevelt) became popular, there was an attempt to market billy possums (named for William Taft). It was unsuccessful.
0dXlv TIL that the US Congress never officially voted on Ohio’s statehood until 1953 due to an oversight—despite the state celebrating its founding in 1803