This and that.
By Judy Story
@jstory07 (149090)
Roseburg, Oregon
April 25, 2026 5:54pm CST
The first Teddy bear was made in 1902. They began selling them in 1903.
A dentist invented the electric chair.
Having a middle name goes all the way back to ancient Rome.
The first zoo opened up in 1874.
In 1941 M&M were invented for the Military.
(n 1947 M&M were sold to the public.
I hope you like reading interesting things,
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@Ineeddentures (37715)
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26 Apr
I love reading interesting things and every post you write is interesting.
Imagine a dentist inventing the elctric chair!! A.dentists chair is bad enough to be sat on
I saw one guy say Jesus had a middle initial bit I don't know if it is true or not
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@Ineeddentures (37715)
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26 Apr
@jstory07
Yeshua on Hebrew
Means Salvation
Amen to that Judy
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@xstitcher (39350)
• Petaluma, California
26 Apr
@jstory07 Not His "real" name, but they were similar names.
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@MarieCoyle (60245)
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26 Apr
I still have my first teddy bear. It's the only childhood toy I have still. My Dad bought it for me when I was born and brought it to the hospital. It's very special to me. And yes, I do like to read things like this very much. We all need to learn something every day, and these things are interesting.
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@MarieCoyle (60245)
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26 Apr
@jstory07
My teddy is showing his age, but he’s in one piece,thankfully. 
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@FourWalls (87535)
• United States
26 Apr
I can believe that a dentist invented the electric chair. They’re into pain. 
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@Deepizzaguy (123087)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Apr
I believe that the Teddy bear name was named after former POTUS Teddy Roosevelt. I did not know that M&Ms were made for the military around World War II.
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@snowy22315 (210367)
• United States
26 Apr
I think I had heard that about the electric chair but I forgot it. The Teddy Bear was named after Teddy Roosevelt.
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@jstory07 (149090)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Apr
I am glad you enjoyed reading the facts. Enjoy the rest of your day.
@ptrikha_2 (49840)
• India
26 Apr
Some very interesting facts !
I think I did read about M&M fact earlier.
Zoo, ancient Rome are the facts I did not know about at all.
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@crossbones27 (53114)
• Mojave, California
26 Apr
Fun fact, the military still loves seeing M&Ms in their MRE, it makes them smile, well at least there was one good thing. Also not all of them come with it so it becomes like prison rules, people be trading left and right not to get stabbed. 
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@crossbones27 (53114)
• Mojave, California
26 Apr
@jstory07 Simple things in life is all people need.
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@RasmaSandra (98870)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Apr
Thank you for sharing, interesting. I guess they did not want the military to have their uniforms stained with chocolate.
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@Traceyjayne (12048)
• United Kingdom
26 Apr
Interesting facts …..i didn’t know any of them ….
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@LindaOHio (223648)
• United States
27 Apr
Thanks for the trivia. Love the picture.
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@jstory07 (149090)
• Roseburg, Oregon
26 Apr
There are so many different Teddy Bears in the world. I love them all.
@MommyOfEli2013 (90594)
• Rupert, Idaho
26 Apr
That is all very interesting to know
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@valherma00 (4441)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
29 Apr
i was thinking about the m&m the other day. how funny
