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The Man Killed In A Duel Where Billiard Balls Were The Weapons

An fight to settle an argument over a game of pool in 19th century France led to one of the most unusual duels in history

Andrew Martin
3 min readJul 13, 2022

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Duels used to be a fairly common way for two parties to settle grievances with extreme finality. Although weapons like guns, swords and knives were most…

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Andrew Martin

Dabbler in history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, investing and crypto.