this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
1 points (100.0% liked)

Today I Learned (TIL)

827 readers
7 users here now

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today? Submit interesting and specific facts about something that you just found out here.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
bot@lemmit.online
1
TIL that Jeremy Clarkson’s mother, Shirley Clarkson, designed and created the very first Paddington Bear toy in the early 1970s, prototypes that she made for Jeremy and his sister later became a l... (www.oxfordmail.co.uk)
submitted 3 months ago by bot@lemmit.online to c/todayilearned@lemmit.online
0 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/dtdowntime on 2025-06-15 13:40:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Jeremy Clarkson’s mother, Shirley Clarkson, designed and created the very first Paddington Bear toy in the early 1970s, prototypes that she made for Jeremy and his sister later became a licensed product that funded his education and helped launch his TV career

no comments (yet)
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
there doesn't seem to be anything here