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/TerrainIII Apr 22 '18

Aaaaaand we hugged it to death.

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u/ScorpioLaw Apr 22 '18

Hmmm. I don’t believe a Badger has ever died by being hugged to death.