In Which Teddy Roosevelt Makes Men Everywhere Feel a Little Less Manly

[@andrewoldham3675]

Can we please retire the overdone run into the ground Chuck Norris Facts and make Teddy Roosevelt Facts the new great meme forever?

[@sixchuterhatesgoogle3824]

The Chuck Norris "facts" are funny, because they are absurd. With Teddy Roosevelt we could never be sure if the "facts" were absurd, or true.

[@danieldunlap4077]

@@sixchuterhatesgoogle3824 that reminds me of the movie Master and Commander. The movie was based on a book which was based on an actual British captain. His exploits were crazier than the movie.

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

@@danieldunlap4077 fr?

[@Sublimeoo]

What happens if chuck norris, roosevelt and brian blessed walk into a bar

[@2degucitas]

I'm down for that.

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

TR has his boat stolen. Built another boat to get it back. Hiked the thieves through a blizzard. And the thieves thank him in the end. Manly.

[@1slotmech]

Yep, he was a BAMF.

[@Beer-can_full_of_toes]

I bet he burned the boat when he got back too. “We don’t need two. They won’t try that shit again after what happened last time.” Lol

[@1slotmech]

@@Beer-can_full_of_toes 🤣🤣🤣

[@muninrob]

"The stories you've heard about this man..... they're true. If anything, they've been watered down"

[@aliciacordero7436]

Seriously, it seems like 90% of his adult life was just pure flex

[@absalomdraconis]

@@aliciacordero7436 : When you flex against yourself, you flex indeed.

[@kyuven]

Helps that Roosevelt himself practically had a gift for understatement while still conveying EXACTLY what happened. "I walked these two guys 300 miles. My word it was inconvenient!"

[@kyuven]

@wildcatter63 PUH-LEEZE women were changing tires when cars were still a new thing. The only reason no one knows how to change a tire anymore is because tire technology has moved forward to the point they last longer than most cars used to last in the old days. Meanwhile the shit we're expected to know about computers and smartphones these would (and does, if you've ever worked in tech support) blow the minds of people older than us. If you don't NEED to do something, then the skills required fall out of favor. We're not any dumber or less mechanically inclined than before, we just have OTHER things we're mechanically inclined towards because we no longer need to be mechanically inclined towards the old things.

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

@@kyuven well said

[@hangmanmatt2598]

When he finally passed away, the then vice president of the United States said "Death could only come for Roosevelt in his sleep because if he came for him while he was awake, Death would have been in for a hell of a fight." Edit: Wow, my history knowledge got me a highlighted comment! My fiance always tells me I need to be a history teacher. Thank you TodayIFoundOut!

[@MegaMaximus333]

Didn't know that and that's the awesome! Thanks for sharing that.

[@mattgies]

Today you found out: Editing a highlighted comment un-highlights it.

[@hangmanmatt2598]

@@mattgies indeed lol. Woops

[@memestealer8857]

Get fucked lol

[@MrFallenangel2012]

I would sell my soul to see that fight!

[@Mirokuofnite]

His son Theodore Roosevelt Jr was pretty hard as well. He was the only general on D-Day to land by sea with the first wave of troops. At 56, he was the oldest man in the invasion, and the only one whose son also landed that day; Captain Quentin Roosevelt II was among the first wave of soldiers at Omaha Beach.

[@connormclernon26]

Too bad the exertion killed him

[@Mindpron]

@@connormclernon26 He stayed on the beach yelling constant encouragement to his men throughout the battle even as bullets flew by him and after the Americans secured the beach, he personally greeted each and every soldier that disembarked from the troop ships on to the beach. He died in his sleep the next night after the first wave of troops had landed.

[@Cjnw]

His sister is Eleanor Roosevelt

[@tommack9395]

@@Cjnw, Elenore was the niece of Theodore Roosevelt. The daughter of his brother Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Hall. Not many people know this, her first name was Anna but she preferred her middle-name.

[@melonboi927]

Look who can't be born to the Roosevelt name if you aren't hard

[@highlandoutsider]

Which boat is yours? The one that says "Bad Mother Fucker" on it

[@seatedliberty]

Theodore Roosevelt would never have approved of such coarse and ungentlemanly language; however, I am not Roosevelt, and I thought that was fucking awesome.

[@soxgopro5552]

Lol

[@MrBizteck]

@@seatedliberty 👏

[@todddeorio6282]

Highland Outsider he was the original BMF

[@Beer-can_full_of_toes]

His public persona wouldn’t have. But the non public Roosevelt would have laughed his ass off.

[@fallingpetunias9046]

Boat Thieves, after being caught: "This is ridiculous" Teddy Roosevelt: "I know! What kind of man steals another man's boat?"

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Roosevelt: *Makes a new boat to go reclaim his stolen boat* Also Roosevelt: I used the boat to get the boat

[@AcornElectron]

Roosevelt: I only got a small stipend for arrests made and travel. I travelled far and arrested everyone I saw because everything was a crime when I was a deputy.

[@TheLoxxxton]

Got to say that man seems like a man's man! It would be nice to see the like in the Whitehouse today I think

[@nates9536]

@@AcornElectron I mean, he got $50 which was equal to $1,250 today. I'd say that was probably worth it

[@yomomz3921]

@@AcornElectron - I'd be pissed if I owned a boat, and someone stole it. If it can be found, justice is better than vengeance. A lot of really bad things start happening when society neglects that.

[@mdmjeremiah]

"You're gonna need a bigger... oh I see you built one already." If T.R. was in Jaws.

[@christopherconard2831]

Horse theft was considered such a serious crime because of the ramifications. If you took a man's house, often his only one, you were taking his only means of transportation in a very isolated area. It was also a plow animal on many farms. In taking a horse you were possibly condemning a family to destitution or death.

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

Nice!

[@2degucitas]

Edit your comment. You typed "house" when you meant "horse".

[@Robplayswithdragons]

Keep it house. The idea of a person stealing your house... yeah that would cause issues lol.

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

I bet there’s a state in the south where that law is still on the books.

[@GatorScientist]

@@farticlesofconflatulation It's illegal to steal a horse in every State.

[@TheBlueB0mber]

Somehow both a man of his time & ahead of his time.

[@vguyver2]

This president was once in a bar fight mid holdup at gunpoint. Teddy Roosevelt was still recovering from the loss of his wife and mother and had chosen to riding about near Mingusville, MT when he decided to go to a hotel to spend the night. Being a more well dressed, manicured man with glasses, a cowboy started to pick on him after having gone in a bit of a shooting spree inside that town and saloon all the while shouting profanities and making demands before focusing on "four eyes" as he referred to Roosevelt threateningly saying he was going to treat everyone to a drink. Teddy actually laughed it off to try and downplay the situation, moved to a quiet spot and tried to avoid the man and just drink his tea in peace. Well this guy didn't case, he kept on harassing the softly spoken future president, pointing his pistols and getting upset that he was ignored and now shouting profanities and demanding he pay for drinks. Teddy got up and pretty much declared "if I 've got to, I've got to! and leered over the cowboys shoulder who in his momentary surprise and loss of focus was soon met with a quick flurry of swings. As he was getting punched around the cowboy discharged his guns but missed. Roosevelt was about to continue beating the man as he fell and his his head on the counter top, Teddy was going to go into for a more savage beating by dropping on him with both his knees. But the guy got knocked out in those quick three swings. Teddy took his guns and the bar patrons pretty much dragged the guy out and dumped in a shed until he awoke later. This cowboy later woke up a little worse for wear, realized what happened and fled the town. Teddy got out of the entire incident unscathed, and with only his fists drove a cowboy that was shooting the place up. There aren't that many fantastic stories out there on this scope even in fiction.

[@fredhenry101]

Because nobody would bloody believe them! People cry fake at stories of social awkwardness, a man facing down a gunslinger and beating him bare-handed? It sounds like something out of an anime, and yet here it is. The man was truly a legend.

[@brianjohnson5272]

Let's not forget he got shot in a failed assassination did a 90 minute speech THEN got help! If the politicians these days could do a 5 minute speech after being shot AT we might yet save the union.

[@vguyver2]

​@@brianjohnson5272 It was impressive since it was an *84 minute* long speech he had while he had that gaping wound in him.

[@thatguy3883]

It was a long speech shit we get it

[@rainiaananda9327]

Don't forget when he saved a bear cub from a forest fire, and named him Smokey. Smokey became the U.S.'s mascot for fire safety ("only you can prevent forest fires"). This made such an impression on people that the "Teddy" bear was created. Single handedly Teddy Roosevelt saved a bear, gave us Smokey the bear, and the Teddy bear we all snuggled with as a kid.

[@donaldwatson7698]

Except that he hated being called "Teddy", preferring "Theodore".

[@petuniasevan]

No, you are confusing two stories. "Smokey" was a cub found up a tree in Canada. Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear that had been treed by hounds then knocked out of the tree and tied to it as an easy target. Roosevelt was disgusted and demanded that someone put the injured bear out of its misery. He knew the difference between just killing and sportmanship.

[@rainiaananda9327]

@@petuniasevan Ahhh, the man, the MYTH, the legend. Oh well, we did get the Teddy bear from it tho.

[@bstrickler]

Look up the podcast Brain Food, they have like 3 hours worth of episodes talking about Teddy Roosevelt.

[@savagedragon79]

Nobody snuggled with a teddy ruksbin.

[@zmanjace1364]

I know I say this alot but I've wondered well before this video, why has there never been a movie about Teddy Roosevelt? I guess there is just too much to cover but you could do something. Hell, make a mini series.

[@donaldwatson7698]

There is a movie about a specific event during his Presidency, though it's given the Hollywood treatment (meaning large fictionalized elements). Actor Brian Keith, a pretty tough guy on his own, took the role. The movie is called "The Wind & the Lion", and also stars Candice Bergen and Sean Connery (in a role even more outlandish for his Scottish brogue than his Lithuanian submarine captain).

[@M240D]

Don't forget about Night at the Museum!

[@joannivaldi2106]

The Roosevelts was a mini-series. It was about the history of all the Roosevelts.

[@RCAvhstape]

There was also a Turner movie from the 90s about the Rough Riders in Cuba, led by TR. One of his officers was played by Sam Elliot, just to add extra badassness to the story.

[@BLasherman]

He was pretty anti-business, well Monopolies and exploitative capitalism, Hollywood wouldn't want you to realized this. They tend to like to pretend they are the good guys.

[@poisonpotato1]

Roosevelt seems like the type of person who goes “I’m bored, I need something new, how about I try ______” then goes and does it and succeeds greatly

[@donaldwatson7698]

You just described his youth quite nicely. He wrote a definitive naturalist's book before he was ten, just because it was a hobby of his at the time. In college he became interested in naval history, specifically the War of 1812, and his detailed interest and analysis resulted in the best book on the subject up to that point. If I recall correctly, copies were ordered and put onto the book racks of all naval captains for study. He never left that particular interest, and eventually became Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

[@thomasfoss9963]

Agreed--- Roosevelt succeeded in most of his exploits and ventures, unlike Trump who's failed at everything he touches........

[@martinbaxter4783]

Most apt description of the subject I've ever seen - 'Death had to take him in his sleep, for if Roosevelt had been awake, there would have been a fight.'

[@jaywolfenstien]

... and death would have lost.

[@gallindordarion6889]

Teddy wasn't always the best role model, but I admire so much about many of his convictions and accomplishments. I will always know him as the president who made the national park association come to life. John Muir, Mr. Roosevelt, I salute you both.

[@ktkat1949]

Gallindor: I think what people forget today is that they want to judge people in history by their own standards. It is hard to put yourself in the place of someone who lived one hundred or two hundred years ago because we don't really understand the culture, the society, the laws. We just have to accept that they were in the main good people who did good things despite the things that we don't like.

[@gallindordarion6889]

@@ktkat1949 oh I know, I really only don't care so much for the whole, we should go to war because America is getting soft thing lol that was his reason. Kind of a "well damn dude" moment lol

[@fredhenry101]

@@gallindordarion6889 I mean, while I agree with you, it was also a time pretty rife with war. We live in a mostly peaceful time, so we can't really compare, but in his day half of Europe was warring at any given moment, he himself was a soldier, and in a time where war might be imminent, a country unprepared for it is a country that's about to lose. Gotta change with the times

[@yukotrey9422]

I mean if you float around conservative group ( arguably the most patriotic of the bunch) you see that they don’t really like him too much because of how much government intervention he did. I think it misses the point. George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt have always been the two greatest presidents in my mind. Washington is the face of what a politician should be and Roosevelt is what and an American should be. An intellectual, soft spoken, but hard set on what he wants and what his values are and gives it all to get it. He’s, in a nutshell, pretty much the kinda of individual that I strive to be every day.

[@jackolopesacklord13]

Lame

[@nettie607]

I had thought that most of what Teddy claimed he had done was hyperbole. Then I read The Bully Pulpit, a great book on Teddy, Taft and the press. What an education that was. Loved this video, it was a new story about Teddy for me.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

He's one of the most fascinating men in history. :-) -Daven

[@donaldwatson7698]

Consider reading "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt", a Pulitzer Prize winning biography by Edmund Morris. It covers Roosevelt's life in detail from birth to the start of the Presidency. Easily one of the best biographies I've read in five decades of voracious reading. It is massive, but rich in stories. It is the first in a trio of biographies on Roosevelt by Morris. The presidential years are covered in "Theodore Rex", and his post-presidential years are covered in "Colonel Roosevelt".

[@cameronbrickey]

Ken Burns has a documentary series called the Roosevelts. I think two so are on Teddy. It's really good and probably free on KZbin.

[@micahphilson]

Yeah, most of what you've heard has actually been understated to make it more believable, and alot of the best stories are seldom told!

[@TheCoffeehound]

Simon seemed a bit puzzled as to why horse theft had a stiffer penalty than cattle theft. The thing about a horse in the old west was that it was often a person's only real transportation in a hostile environment, and thus horse theft was considered to be nearly murder. By stealing a horse (and usually any supplies that were carried on the horse), you were leaving someone to die in the woods or desert with no food or water. Edit: Seems other people have made the same sort of reply.

[@thomasturner6980]

Teddy Roosevelt is the true alpha male

[@theawkwardskeleton6608]

Empire Strikes Back the only thing he likes pure is food, drugs, wilderness and capitalism

[@berrytharp1334]

So very Republican.

[@Cheese_Boi1986]

Brian blessed

[@stevehansen5389]

@@berrytharp1334 Of the best sort.

[@thepoastman209]

Don't tell Joe Rogan that

[@mrmacguff1n]

Each time I hear about him, the more I think he was the OG Captain America

[@aztecklover69]

Mr MacGuffin : there could be a what if/elsewhere story where instead of steve rogers; TR became captain america:)

[@aztecklover69]

Mr MacGuffin also imagine him and the most charismatic man in the world and what his drink of choice would be^^

[@mrmacguff1n]

@@aztecklover69 something with Bourbon as it's America's own liquor

[@dawickedj]

In the comics Theodore Roosevelt actually worked with Captain America

[@CaptainFrost32]

I had told one of my peers in the Unofficial Canon Group that we could do a New Marvel-Phile about Teddy Roosevelt in Marvel. The man is a walking plot hook.

[@bakerboy8910]

That's the kind of man I would follow through literal Hell

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And with this kind of man in the lead, you'll get out of it safely.

[@Rubrickety]

Surely the most impressive part of this exploit was staying awake by reading Anna Karenina. Many have used it for the opposite purpose.

[@chrisj197438]

The story of how the German soldiers paid their respects to his son during WWI is a story worth telling on its own. They even respected TR that much.

[@jamesgomez9151]

Where I find this story? first I heard of it.

[@nickschulte3915]

TR was the most well known and one of the most respected men in the world, at that time. Had he won in 1912, it is very pro he could have prevented WWI from becoming what it became. He had strong relationships with those heads of state. People often misunderstand TR’s view on war.

[@jvonfang]

Don't forget that he climbed the Matterhorn in 1881.

[@Cjnw]

*Riiiiiiiicola has entered the chat*

[@IAmFirstborne]

As of right this second, 7 people landed on this KZbin video and IMMEDIATELY downvoted it because our host looks better bald and bearded than they do. There really is no other reason to dislike this video save because they are haters. Pathetic.

[@Gottaculat]

Probably a bunch of shrunken gonad soy boys who just had a mirror held up to them, revealing how weak sauce they are compared to a real man like Teddy Roosevelt.

[@Backroad_Junkie]

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- T.R. If you can ever get out to Western North Dakota, stop in at Theodore Roosevelt National (Memorial) Park. It's a pretty interesting place. Badlands are beautiful, moreso in the North Unit than in the South.

[@gewgulkansuhckitt9086]

Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice, had a daughter named Paulina who married Alexander McCormick Sturm, the man who provided the money and designed the logo for Sturm, Ruger, & Co.

[@_Abjuranax_]

General Teddy Roosevelt Jr. also died of a heart attack during the D-Day invasions as the strain was too great. Even though he was advised not to go, as a Deputy Division commander he insisted anyways.

[@donaldwatson7698]

Actually, TR, Jr. survived D-Day. He was the only general to land during the conflict and is credited with being instrumental in guiding the troops. The heart attack happened a month and 6 days later, on July 12. He'd had multiple health issues far before D-Day, and the heart was one of them. I do believe you're correct in stating that he was advised not to go. Not something you tell a Roosevelt.

[@_Abjuranax_]

@@donaldwatson7698 Thanks clarification, I stand corrected. Henry Fonda played him in The Longest Day, and Benjamin Vandervoort's (John Wayne) grand-daughter is Laura Vandervoort, who played Supergirl in Smallville. I got a chance to meet her and her sister and drive them to the airport from a comic book convention when I was driving limos.

[@allangibson8494]

@@donaldwatson7698 Advising a Roosevelt not to do something due to personal risk, that something he (or she) thinks necessary, is unwise at the best of times.

[@caulkins69]

@@_Abjuranax_ _"Benjamin Vandervoort's...grand-daughter is Laura Vandervoort...."_ Are you sure about that? I cannot find any source online that mentions this relationship. Her Wikipedia page says her father is Dutch.

[@mike83ny]

Teddy Roosevelt makes even the manliest of men today look like a Cub Scout.

[@Cheese_Boi1986]

Brian bessed and him with their own show if only

[@brianjohnson5272]

A cub scout? Nah a girl scout

[@wolfyk95]

He was a founding member of the Boy scouts. Nassau County NY his home is the Theodore Roosevelt council.

[@jessehawkes1298]

Us North Dakotans obsess over Teddy! He’s the most badass dude to live in Nodak

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

"In Which Teddy Roosevelt Makes Men Everywhere Feel a Little Less Manly" It's Roosevelt. You're gonna have to be more specific.

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

does that sentence make sense? am i reading it wrong? that title sounds so wrong.

[@manicmechanic448]

We need a new Teddy Roosevelt in office.🇺🇸 "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."

[@manicmechanic448]

@@aluisious 😱

[@annettefournier9655]

You will go far. Is the rest.

[@manicmechanic448]

@@annettefournier9655 who's to say where that line is? You?🤔

[@annettefournier9655]

@@manicmechanic448 Look it up that's who

[@manicmechanic448]

@@annettefournier9655 no your right. The next time a terrorist attacks America, or some happy horse shit like that, we'll just sit on our hands. That makes perfect sense. You friggin liberal.

[@tawon1984]

So manly I bet his mustache grows back instantly like Tim Allen’s Santa Claus beard 💪

[@cynthiaslater7445]

Bully for Teddy. He lived his life by doing what was right and moral almost always. If only current politicians were as credible.

[@hemmingwayfan]

"Death had to take him in his sleep. If he'd been awake there would have been a fight"

[@benn454]

"Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake, there'd have been a fight."

[@alienonion4636]

Teddy Roosevelt my favorite president. Where is the picture of him riding the moose?

[@neilshowalter]

To me, Teddy absolutely earned his place on Mt. Rushmore.

[@ecmorgan69]

President Roosevelt needs to come back from the grave to cleanse our great nation of all the effeminate soy boys with his legendary manliness.

[@haidengeary8277]

Manly men make other men feel more manly, not less. *watches video* *goes into fetal position*

[@nazamroth8427]

I feel like even Ron Swanson would have to acknowledge Roosevelt, despite his whole government involvement episode.

[@RAILKING25]

May even remember his name... eventually.

[@micahphilson]

I feel like Swanson probably would have idolized Teddy as a kid!

[@CameronM1138]

Nick Offerman should play him in a movie.

[@ddgatewood71]

@@CameronM1138 I thought the exact same thing. It would be great to see a *Factual!!!* Roosevelt movie with Offerman as lead.

[@DanGoodShotHD]

Manliest manly man: Thieves steal his boat. Ted builds boat to get boat... and thieves. Upon completion; thieves thank Ted. When Chuck Norris prays, he prays to Theodore Roosevelt.

[@zufalllx]

HA! I wondered how far down I'd have to scroll before the first Chuck comment! Your a double winner as I was expecting less actual funny when I found it. :)

[@Bucknik]

I like the story about how he would go bivouacking for days with John Muir deep into Yellowstone, completely out of communication with the outside world, WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT.

[@stendec-dd3he]

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend"

[@stimpy_thecat]

Even Chuck Norris fears Teddy Roosevelt

[@odinkarrtheviking8274]

"Welcome to the Salty Spitoon, how tough are ya?" TR: *Laughs in Manly.*

[@MrMacroJesseSky]

Part of the reason he did such manly things (apart from being manly) was he had been born into an upscale life, and wanted to distance himself from that to being part of the hard working American people

[@purpleslog]

TR was running from a deep sadness due to the simultaneous death of his mother and young wife.

[@Nihontopride]

Always had a fascination with Teddy Roosevelt and it wasn’t until later in life I found out we were born on the same day of the year.

[@mlyssy2]

Please thank Karl (with a K as he so utterly likes to point out on Fact Fiend !) and Raven for publishing such a great article on who is arguably one of our greatest American leaders (if not, quite THE greatest!) of all time! I really enjoy Karl's takes on the American experience. He seems to " get " us much better than a lot more of other Europeans and peoples from around the world! And for Simon, your pronunciations of American english are getting better and better every day. Please keep up the hard work (I watched the entire video on how you make each video the other day and am surprised that y'all are able to put out anymore than two videos a week!) and keep the wonderful content coming! 👍👍👍

[@brett4264]

This "N word" thing has gotten out of hand. One should be able to say the word when he is quoting historical dialog - at the very least. People who are offended, by this, had to work themselves up over time to achieve this level of victimhood. A simple word should be able to be spoken in this setting.

[@dionadair8195]

Chuck Norris: I'm manly! Dwayne Johnson: I'm manlier! Amateurs What was that, punk? Teddy: AMATEURS

[@tomsawyer118]

Teddy, a man’s man until the bitter end. My grandma always say when your feet hit the floor, make sure the devil wakes up and says “oh shit, he/she’s up”🤘🏻

[@michaelb1761]

He was also an honest, intelligent, and respected world leader who brokered peace in Europe that delayed the start of World War 1 by several years. Indeed, we do need someone like President Roosevelt today.

[@micahphilson]

1:45 That one sentence by one of the toughest men in history is more touching than a full eulogy from a poet.

[@nevasoba5953]

I can really appreciate Mr Roosevelt's stance on racial relations judge a man no matter their color by their deeds.

[@xixingpooh]

Keep in mind this was in the very early 1900s. He was truly ahead of his time.

[@wolfyk95]

He also held the Japanese in high regard, and his personal home has plenty of gifts from the Emperor.

[@justinlibby-perry1601]

I'm quite conflicted... amazing video fellas. But, what a stark reminder of how far the bar has fallen... 🙄

[@cuttwice3905]

Terrific biography of Roosevelt's life in the Dakotas in the past ten years, name forgotten but read and enjoyed. The text explained about the buckskins - only city slickers wore them although Roosevelt loved the look. Alice Longworth's death certificate says that her occupation was "Gadfly". Greatest after death slam in history. She had been a Washington figure who was known for her tart tongue and her dim views of everyone. After her death, President Carter said, "She had style, she had grace, and she had a sense of humor that kept generations of political newcomers to Washington wondering which was worse - to be skewered by her wit or to be ignored by her." Quibble du jour: scow rhymes with cow, not dough.

[@Aboz]

As a life-long North Dakotan I've always loved the boat story. Although T.R. stayed in Dakota only a few years, we view him as a local hero.

[@mechanicalfruit9659]

Must of been hard shaving balls that big poor teddy

[@jameswright5572]

Teddy never shaved those nards. No blades strong enough!

[@TopsideCrisis346]

Roosevelt was way more of a bad-ass than most people can ever hope to be. WHAT'S UP, BITCHES!!! 😎 Also, Bonus Bonus Fact: the reason horse theft was a capital offense back in the day, was that horses were the primary mode of transportation in the Old West. One could cover a significant distance in relatively little time as opposed to simply walking; thus, horses made harsh terrain, such as desert or scrubland, that much more navigable. Conversely, being without a horse in the middle of such an environment was almost certainly a death sentence in and of itself for the poor soul who'd had his horse stolen. As such, horse theft was itself considered tantamount to murder, or at the very least attempted murder.

[@kennbiggs9311]

Ya know.......there’s a damn good reason President T. Roosevelt’s face is on Mt. Rushmore. Hell.... he probably could have carved it himself! A great man indeed.

[@Russo-Delenda-Est]

I find the funniest part of this story the fact that he didn't actually get his boat back at that time, and he had to leave the boat he built behind as well. So now he's down two boats, and had to hike 300 miles as well. All in the name of JUSTICE!!!!!

[@commiecrusader3064]

Roosevelt died in his sleep, because had he been awake there would of been a fight.

[@johnwax1383]

He actually did not like being called "Teddy". His friends called him "T.R."

[@dbackscott]

Why do I feel extremely inadequate as a man, now?

[@zufalllx]

There's no shame in that, buddy. When standing next to a mountain, even a giant is humbled. :)

[@donbrynelsen2157]

When he returned from the west three years later, he forbade his late wife to be ever spoken of within the family, not even to the daughter who bore her name, who was addressed as "Sister" or "Baby Lee" The young Alice feeling that her father didn't really care for her, decided that she was going to do as she pleased, and soon the papers were filled with accounts of her numerous antics, such as smoking atop the White House, stripping to her lingerie at a drunken party with her Newport R.I. friends, and going swimming in a pool wearing all her clothes. It was no wonder her father said he couldn't run the country and control her! At her lavish White House wedding to Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth, she cut her wedding cake with a dress sword she borrowed from a military aide. Her stepmother, whom Alice did not get long with, it reputed to have told her, "I must say, your father and myself are certainly glad to finally see you go as you've been nothing but trouble to us both!"

[@Gottaculat]

Did you really not mention he was weak and sickly as a child, but overcame it through sheer stubbornness and refusal to play the victim? If you mentioned it, I must have missed when you touched on it. Dude is the OG Captain America, but even more badass because he didn't need any super drug to transform him... unless you consider the attitude of being the manliest sonuvagun alive a super drug. About the only other human I know of who can compete with TR's manliness is George freaking Washington. GW was a supreme badass, and did things that actually made people convinced he was sent by God. People these days don't think the stories are true, because the status quo for manliness has dropped so low it's not even funny. If TR was the original Captain America, then George Washington is basically Neo. Go look at some of his battle dress uniforms that are on exhibit today. They look like scorched, tattered rags, as though time has been cruel to them, but the majority of the damage they sustained was in combat. He had bullets whizz through his clothing, the molten lead scorching the fibers, shooting off his hat, and in just one battle he had SEVEN horses shot out from under him, yet he was never hit. It's not like he was far away, either, as he personally lead charges and was lopping heads off of his enemies with his sword while cussing strings of rage-fueled obscenities at them, taking lives like he were the freaking grim reaper himself. Just imagine what it was like when GW was like, "I'm done," and gave up his power to go retire to his farm. That was the mic drop of the ages. Name me one politician today who would become the president, and after 2 years be like, "I'mma go do something else. If y'all don't like it, tough." People would say it's unheard of, giving up such power, but our first president already set that precedent, which is why we have 4 year terms to begin with. I truly have no idea who's more manly, GW or TR. Quite the puzzle.

[@wolfyk95]

In speaking of his father Theodore Roosevelt SR "I was fortunate enough in having a father whom I have always been able to regard as an ideal man. It sounds a little like cant to say what I am going to say, but he did combine the strength and courage and will and energy of the strongest man with the tenderness, cleanness, and purity of a woman. I was a sickly and timid boy. He not only took great and untiring care of me-some of my earliest remembrances are of nights when he would walk up and down with me for an hour at a time in his arms when I was a wretched mite suffering acutely with asthma-but he also most wisely refused to coddle me, and made me feel that I must force myself to hold my own with other boys and prepare to do the rough work of the world. I cannot say that he ever put it into words, but he certainly gave me the feeling that I was always to be both decent and manly, and that if I were manly nobody would laugh at my being decent. In all my childhood he never laid hand on me but once, but I always knew perfectly well that in case it became necessary he would not have the slightest hesitancy in doing so again, and alike from my love and respect, and in a certain sense, my fear of him, I would have hated and dreaded beyond measure to have him know that I had been guilty of a lie, or of cruelty, or of bullying, or of uncleanness or cowardice. Gradually I grew to have the feeling on my account, and not merely on his."

[@soxgopro5552]

Ive been living in Dickinson North Dakota over 40 years and its amazing hearing its mention in this story.

[@Gottaculat]

If we had 1 Teddy Roosevelt for every 1 million men born, the world would be a much different, much better place. Anyone who thinks such masculinity is toxic needs to get their head examined, as this level of manliness is EXACTLY what this world needs more of if we want better lives for the next generations.

[@briangarrow448]

Teddy would be happy to have lived my life. I've helicopter logged on the Olympic peninsula, rafted logs down river to be milled, fished for salmon and steelhead in wild rivers, worked in copper, silver and coal mines, built power plants and refineries. My life has been an adventure of testosterone. And raised 6 successful young adults. Now, Chuck Norris might still have me beat...

[@stuartalexander2657]

.....and don't even get us started on Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, charging up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War........

[@Kainlarsen]

Teddy was perhaps one of the greatest men in American History. Absolute chad.

[@pag9128]

Teddy was everything a man should inspire to become

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

Damn Teddy! If only more people were as dedicated to equality!

[@johnbrowne2428]

A man who should be admired and emulated.

[@zorth4729]

"A considerable steak" in the ranching business. Huehuehue

[@madsapper21b]

When he started talking about the killdeer mountains I had to laugh, because at this exact moment, that's where I am driving. I literally just drove over the little missouri. And I work out of Dickinson.

[@Werewindle]

He's one of my American Heroes. That was fantastic, thank you!!

[@cameronbrickey]

Truth is always better than fiction. Teddy was the man, so many men aspire to be, even the ones who've never heard of him.

[@Darken631]

Teddy Roosevelt is also featured in three stories of Scrooge McDuck: in 1994's The Cowboy of the Badlands, set in 1882, Scrooge and Teddy Roosevelt meet while the future richest duck in the world, then a young cowboy, is hunting down some cattle thieves. In the 1995 story The Invader of Fort Duckburg, set in 1902, they meet again when due to a misunderstood report Teddy thinks a foreign force is illegally occupying an American fort. Finally, in the 2001 story The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut, set in 1906, Teddy has to help Scrooge escavate a mountain the duck legally owns, located right in the middle of the then-in-construction Panama Canal.

[@larry_9982]

Once again, you did an excellent job of informing me about a man that is very worthy of me knowing more about. You are really good at this.

[@billiondollardan]

Finnegan wrote to Roosevelt but the thrust of his letter wasn't just to tell Roosevelt what a great man he was, it was to ask for commutation of his prison sentence

[@ZorLink21]

How come teddy Roosevelt was as racist as Woodrow Wilson but people focus more on Wilson’s racism

[@timah9420]

We need another's president like Roosevelt, someone completely badass. It's more than I can say for our most recent presidents.

[@Paladin1873]

In this current era of chronic victim-hood being seen as a sign of nobility, it is wise to remember Roosevelt's words, and give a man "no more and no less than he shows himself worthy to have".

[@Oni_Mike]

Now I wanna play a Red Dead Redemption style video game based on the life and times of Teddy Roosevelt. I would buy that in a heartbeat.

[@raptin1595]

I heard a story where a cowboy held him up at gun point, teddy then laughed at him and proceeded to beat the absolute crap out of him

[@Sevenfeet0]

You should have mentioned what Booker T Washington was known for, specifically being president and founder of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), a college for emancipated African-Americans in Tuskegee, AL. My family is from Tuskegee and my great-grandfather worked for Washington as one of his teachers at the school and was a dear family friend.

[@kekero540]

If Teddy was born with broken legs he would find a way to fly

[@joannivaldi2106]

I visited his house in Sagamore Hill, Long Island. It's near Oyster Bay, NY. The grounds are sprawling with a view of the Long Island Sound. The house is not as big inside as it looks from the outside; some rooms were small. It had dark wood furnishings, bare wooden floors that clackity clacked as you walked, and filled with animal pelts and hunting trophies. Poor animal heads looking down at me. It was amazing to walk through this historical museum!

[@saninorochimaru2]

tldr: neither nature nor a bullet can outchad teddy roosevelt

[@briancox2721]

Teddy Roosevelt. The man who inspired Chuck Norris by doing it for real.

[@tsukune2910]

Thank you for being fair and just to men of all backgrounds and ethnicities teddy. A lot of people may not think much of it but for young minority children hearing at least 1 influential person they learn of in history class wouldn’t have hated them or have them be a slave a 2nd class citizen and gave them a chance actually does make them feel good on the inside even if they don’t show it. I’ll learn a much as I can from you, May you Rest In Peace.

[@friendlyone2706]

Very Sad Theodore's distant cousin, Franklin, did not share Teddy's values: "Each man's merit's as a man." Not Franklin's "hooded" whitehouse.

[@flynnp464]

TR was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end the Russo-Japanese War. (The first time the Japanese sneak attacked a foreign naval base to start a war).... Why didn't we see that coming 37 years later? TR would have!

[@veejayroth]

Be ashamed, you boys! No mention of THE best ever ERB featuring the Bull Moose himself??? Well, here we go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pai3gY2HhqaJr7M

[@ritual64]

I cannot smash the thumbs up button enough for how much I enjoyed hearing about Teddy Roosevelt’s life. I entertained thoughts that I was a man until I heard of Teddy’s exploits. Now I realise that I am man but Teddy Roosevelt was a MAN of which I can only aspire to be.

[@seancollings]

Why was Teddy Roosevelt mean to horses? He was a rough rider.

[@seatedliberty]

For anyone interested in learning about the force of nature that was Theodore Roosevelt, read Edmund Morris' three part biography: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt. It will take you a while, but it is by far the best account of a life that would be the envy of any 20 men.