Valentine's Week 2024 Teddy Day: Interesting Facts About Teddy Bears

Teddy Bear received its name from the Late President Theodore Roosevelt after an incident where he refused to shoot a defenseless bear during a hunting trip.

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A teddy bear named Magellan T. Bear was sent to space in 1955 on Space Shuttle Discovery.

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In older days, teddy bears looked like real Bears with beady eyes and extended snouts. Now, they have more baby-like features with big eyes and small foreheads.

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The world's largest teddy bear is 19.41 meters (63 ft 8 in) long and is named Xonita. It was made in Mexico in April 2019 and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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In April 2019, the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of teddy bears is 20,367 items, held by Istvánné Arnóczki of Hungary. Arnóczki, who grew up in poverty never owned a teddy bear.

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According to Guinness World Records, the smallest commercially available stitched teddy bear is 9 millimeters (0.35 inches) tall. South African artist Cheryl Moss has been making "Microbears".

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The official term for a person who likes to collect teddy bears is arctophile. The word comes from the Greek words árktos which means bear and philos which means lover or friend.

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