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== Real Life ==
* In Ernst von Salomon's FRAGEBOGEN, he relates an incident from his service in Oberschlesien with a student freikorps, full of characters who thought they were still back in Heidelberg or wherever. One of these introduced himself as a "stud.math". "Yes, you look like one." A moment later, another university type comes to announce that his friend was greatly insulted, and would the Herr name his weapon? So Ernst, an artillerist who did not know one end of a sword from the other, chose [[No Kill Like Overkill|heavy mortar]]. Amid consternation, a special court of honor convened, and ruled that all Affairs must be postponed for the duration. Of course, afterward, they could not get hold of two heavy mortars.
* According to [https://web.archive.org/web/20140107225246/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/duel.html this] ''Smithsonian'' article, which informs us that "[i]n 1808, two Frenchmen fought in balloons over Paris," and "thirty-five years later, two others tried to settle their differences by skulling each other with billiard balls." Incidentally, during the balloon duel, the winner killed his opponent by shooting the canopy, causing the loser's balloon to crash fatally.
* [http://www.cracked.com/article_19709_the-5-most-insane-duels-ever-fought.html This Cracked.com article] describes both the balloon and billiard balls incidents, as well as a naked duel and several other strange duels.
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