Before there was paintball (which wasn't around until the 1980s), there was the much more painful game of wax bullet dueling! In the early 1900s, those who pined for the days of real duels decided to ...

We go from this bear-fighting armor to old-timey sportsmen simulating polite murder. Yes, it’s been a strange day. https://gizmodo.com/this-siberian-bear-hunting ...

In the first decade of the 20th century, the age-old custom of pistol dueling was briefly resurrected as a non-lethal sport, even making it into the 1908 Olympics as a side event. To accurately ...

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