TIL that Christoper Robin, the kid whose teddy bear inspired the Winnie the Pooh stories, was credited with killing 28 Wehrmacht soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Robin_Milne
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1eex0ej/til_that_christoper_robin_the_kid_whose_teddy/
Christopher Robin was at Cambridge University at the same time as my Dad was at Trinity after Demob - apparently he hated the association with the chidren's books.....
@todayilearned Not bad for a 7-year-old.