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TIL in 1808, Monsieur de Grandpre and Monsieur de Pique dueled for the love of a woman in a hot air balloon fight 900 yards above Paris. The duel ended when Grandpre’s shot punctured Pique’s hot air balloon, causing Pique to plummet to his death.

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