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TIL The teddy bear, or Teddy's bear, was named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, an avid hunter and sportsman, when he was ridiculed for not shooting a clubbed and captured bear during a hunting trip because he said it would be unsportsmanlike.

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