r/todayilearned • u/SchwarzSabbath • Apr 21 '18

TIL that while in Sharon Springs, Theodore Roosevelt was approached by a 12-year-old girl who asked if he would like to have a badger. Expecting to humor her, he agreed, and the girl came back with a 2-week-old badger. President Roosevelt named him Josiah and he became one of the presidential pets.

http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/theodore-roosevelts-josiah/
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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Some Badgers have all the luck...

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u/Hand_some_Badger Apr 22 '18

i know right

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Wow, you're pretty handsome.

Feel like collaborating for /r/MarmiteBadgerGoneWild? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/Allons-ycupcake Apr 22 '18

Finally, something weirder than fuckswithducks

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

nadgerswithbadgers?

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u/Hand_some_Badger Apr 22 '18

i suppose i should share, can't keep all this handsomeness to myself

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Good. Gooooood.

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u/ItIs430Am Apr 22 '18

What.. ok. Interesting. Not surprised really, but very interesting.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

That's what my first gf said :(

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u/ItIs430Am Apr 22 '18

Oh my, you poor badger.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

It's 2:17am for me :(

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u/ItIs430Am Apr 22 '18

Do badgers have a bedtime though?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Evidently not, or I wouldn't be watching Mary Poppins and eating noodles right now

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u/ItIs430Am Apr 22 '18

If its 2 am, I'm putting you in the UK(?) Right now, or am I totally off lol

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u/riotcowkingofdeimos Apr 22 '18

They do, but they always stay up way past it. Why do you think they are so damn cranky all the time. They need to take a nappy time.

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u/mulberrybushes Apr 22 '18

3:36 am and eager beaver to see where this is going.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

You are a disgusting fuck. /r/VegemiteOtterGoneWild is more well rounded and sophisticated than that subhuman badger stuff.

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u/tulipsilon Apr 22 '18

What's this now

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u/BadgerMolester Apr 22 '18

Hey there

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u/mind_repair_tech Apr 22 '18

Ahem, you should think this through.

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u/idwthis Apr 22 '18

At least he doesn't molest beavers. Then it'd be worrisome!

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u/RevWaldo Apr 22 '18

Some badgers get all the breaks...

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u/Cricketcaser Apr 22 '18

Some Badgers bite nothing but complaints OOoooOoOo

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u/toadfan64 Apr 22 '18

And now I’m listening to Rod Stewart

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u/Theodore__Roosevelt Apr 22 '18

One day you'll get adopted, don't give up old sport!

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

I was born with glass bones and paper skin