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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/28/the-duellists-reel-history
TIL during the French Restoration, Colonel Barbier-Dufai and Captain Raoul de Vere dueled over an insult to the latter’s cockade. After de Vere was disarmed four times they decided to tie their left arms together and stab each other to death with daggers in the back of a carriage. De Vere lost again
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> they decided to tie their left arms together and stab each other to death with daggers in the back of a carriage
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Apparently, he was also disarmed four times before deciding the carriage ride
So, the dude was mad because the other guy insulted his hat ribbon?
Original Bad Luck Brian!
This is my cockade. There are many like it but this one is mine. Dont mess with it.