• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Theo Roosevelt boxed a shit ton of people as well until he went blind in one eye from a punch from one of his staff if I remember correctly. Gave a pretty long speech after being shot in the torso and had the foresight to make sure they didn’t kill the shooter. Tough guy. Lots of horse riding and outdoors in his life.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t know how true this is, but I’ve read he had asthma as a kid, but self-medicated by climbing mountains