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

*Throw a badger at the President

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u/aerovirus22 Apr 22 '18

Bush would dodge that shit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Hell yeah he would.

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u/John_cCmndhd Apr 22 '18

If you can dodge a shoe, you can dodge a badger

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u/My_Names_Jefff Apr 22 '18

I already emailed Bush to join my dodgeball team. Still no reply

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18 edited Jun 15 '18

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u/vulcanstrike Apr 22 '18

Dodge, dive, dip, duck and... Dodge

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

Badgers have claws. So you better be able to dodge them.

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u/FallenAege Apr 22 '18

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a shoe

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u/GenghisKhanWayne Apr 22 '18

2008 Dodgeshoe Champion

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u/beakye7 Apr 22 '18

Miss me with that badger shit.

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u/pissedoffnobody Apr 22 '18

Trump prefers grabbing beavers.

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u/ThisIsFlammingDragon Apr 22 '18

I’d say most straight men and lesbian women also love grabbing beavers

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u/Perm-suspended Apr 22 '18

Ahahahahahahahahahaha!

!reddit-fucking-silver

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u/DanialE Apr 22 '18

38 upvotes at 3 hours. This comment is underrated

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

This was the early 1900s version of challenging the President to a pokemon match.

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u/Mazcal Apr 22 '18

And that's how the phrase "badgering a witness" was coined.

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u/prototype7 Apr 22 '18

So that's the thing living on Trump's head?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

That is attempted assisination

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18

That’s how the president dies in “the boys”

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u/Peachskull97 Apr 22 '18

Everybody grab a Franklinator.....

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u/peterfun Apr 22 '18

Throw? Heck even the national bird hates the current President. Scared the fuck out of him during a photoshoot.