Winnie the Pooh Is Named For A Zoo Bear And A Swan (Cool Weird Awesome 697)

Today in 1882 author A.A. Milne was born. His most famous character, Winnie the Pooh, was named partly for a real bear who lived at the London Zoo. And yes, the real Winnie had a sweet tooth as well.

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I Review The Body Electric (Cool Weird Awesome 52)

It's the 200th birthday of Walt Whitman, the poet best known for his landmark work Leaves of Grass... and the guy who anonymously wrote glowing reviews of his own writing in the newspapers.

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