duels

In 1836, a young student at the University of Bonn got into a duel with a member of the Borussia Korps. During this duel, the student received a cut over his left eye. This student's name? Karl Marx. What if things went far worse for Marx in the duel, and he died?

On May 30th, 1806, future POTUS Andrew Jackson dueled a lawyer named Charles Dickinson in a dispute over a horse race. Jackson took the risk of letting Dickinson shoot first, hoping his quickness would hurt his aim. Turns out it didn't hurt it that much, since Dickinson's bullet hit Jackson mere...