4: In 1902, President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, on a hunting trip, refused to shoot a bear cub. The story was printed in the 'Washington Post' with cartoon. A storekeeper cashed in on the story by making toy bears which he called "Teddy's bears."
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