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garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

TIL that the last sword duel in France took place in 1967, between the mayor of Marseilles and the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party.

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TIL that the last sword duel in France took place in 1967, between the mayor of Marseilles and the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party.

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garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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The last sword duel in history, France, 1967
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You would think that dueling was an outdated ritual consigned to the 19th century, something that no longer had a place in the modern world. However, well into the 20th-century official duels were …
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    Anticlimactic, but I guess it was to be expected!

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