with some users suggesting that Winnie the Pooh was named after a real bear species that became extinct in the 1920s. While this isn't true, the actual origin of the character's name is equally ...

Mattick, 37, wanted to tell her young son the peculiar tale and wrote "Finding Winnie: The Story of the Real Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh." The book was published in November — just weeks ...

It didn't take long for people to come up with their own theories in the comments, with some trying to claim that Winnie the Pooh was named after a real-life species of bear that "went extinct in ...

Life is full of little mysteries, like what those black clumps on trees really are (nope, they’re not nests) and why towels have those flat, non-fluffy stripes (they’re called dobby borders, BTW).