one of my favourite history stories is abraham lincoln getting into a duel
he wrote an article about this guy under a pseudonym and said "if i was deaf and blind, i could tell him by the smell" and basically just said this guy got zero bitches
other guy challenges him to a duel, lincoln chooses a sword as the weapon because he was taller and didn't want to get shot
then they go to this island in the mississippi river that wasn't claimed by illinois or missouri so duelling was legal there, they call off the duel and then they became friends
another time alexander hamilton challenged james monroe to a duel and monroe picked aaron burr as his second who basically just said "you're all dumb and childish and i don't think alexander cheating on his wife is really worth anyone dying over"
