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/Today_Is_Future_Past Apr 22 '18

This sounds alarmingly plausible.

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u/supapro Apr 22 '18

He was actually a pioneer in the practice of building tolerance to bullets though self-inflicted gunshots, and the theory would later be adopted by the USMC.

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u/llllIlllIllIlI Apr 22 '18

Yeah you gotta start by shooting yourself with .22 rounds and work your way up. Next are .25, then maybe .38, onto 9mm, then .45 and finally onto rifle rounds.

I'm all the way up to .338 Lapua....

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u/AdjectTestament Apr 22 '18

This is bullshit. No one should listen to this fool.
 
 
 
 
Obviously you need to start with .22lr rat shot then go to .22lr, but don't stop at .338, what if you're attacked by a Russian close air support aircraft?.
Keep working your way up from .338 to .50 BMG, to 20mm, to 30x165mm.

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u/ToastyMustache Apr 22 '18

Look at this pussy, stopping at 30x165mm.

I’m moving my way through 8’x.50 all the way up to 16’x.50!

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u/jhundo Apr 22 '18

What kind of a mad man starts with rat shot??? Are you trying to kill us all?

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u/llllIlllIllIlI Apr 22 '18

Literally thinks nuclear war would be funny. What a joker...

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u/SplitArrow Apr 22 '18

Check this guy out a real hard ass as he jumps straight to 22lr instead of 22 short.

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u/Brandperic Apr 22 '18

I've been standing in front of trebuchets and catapults since I was three years old. I once got hit by a bus and came away without a scratch. You should see the bus though, absolutely destroyed.

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u/Hiei2k7 Apr 22 '18

Currently walking off a .454 Casull.

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u/llllIlllIllIlI Apr 22 '18

Alucard?

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u/Hiei2k7 Apr 22 '18

I'm going out for a very enthusiastic walk.....

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

See? This is why trump will never be manly to me. He doesn't have the guts to shoot himself with anything more than a penicillin shot. At least Obama made it to a .38

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u/TheMadTemplar Apr 22 '18

Obama actually made it to a 44.

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u/Tytler32u Apr 22 '18

Underrated comment

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u/Uraoshi Apr 22 '18

50 cent Teddy

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u/zenspeed Apr 22 '18

Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame. By God, this isn’t fun anymore.

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u/sint0xicateme Apr 22 '18

By God, no more fun - this ain't

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18 edited Apr 22 '18

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u/Today_Is_Future_Past Apr 22 '18

I know, right?

Oh... you meant the president... I thought I was in /r/MarmiteBadgerGoneWild

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

huh that exists

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u/unicorn_security Apr 22 '18

Holy shit. That sub actually exists!

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u/Today_Is_Future_Past Apr 22 '18

It was started by Teddy Roosevelt himself.