"And you will never again dunk a Hydrox® cookie." - ROMAN MARS, Billy Possum, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #BillyPossum #NationalCookieDay #RomanMars

How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National Toy In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly

In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard #Taft. But children thought the #toy looked “too much like a rat,” and it sold poorly / #BillyPossum
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𐑥𐑵𐑝 𐑴𐑝𐑼 ·𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑴 𐑒𐑦𐑑𐑦, ·𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑥 𐑦𐑟 𐑣𐑽!

𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑞 𐑑𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑚𐑺 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑕 ·𐑮𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑝𐑧𐑤𐑑 𐑢𐑩𐑟 𐑤𐑰𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑪𐑓𐑦𐑕 𐑯 𐑞𐑱 𐑔𐑪𐑑 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑕𐑑𐑪𐑐 𐑚𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑧𐑥.
𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑞 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑨𐑯𐑦𐑥𐑩𐑤 ·𐑑𐑨𐑓𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑭𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑢𐑩𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑥 𐑣𐑰 𐑱𐑑 𐑦𐑯 ·𐑨𐑑𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑩, 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑒𐑿𐑑 😅

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