Duel of Heights

Duel of Heights

In the court of King Charles I of England, there was a courtier named Jeffrey Hudson who stood only 18 inches tall. He once challenged a man of normal height to a duel with pistols over an insult. His opponent came to the duel armed with a water squirt gun, while Hudson shot him in the head with a real gun, killing him.

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