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A fellow officer said his body was a collander upon seeing him at a bath

34 wounds in total, and lived to 80

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Apart from everything else, that's quite the immune system.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right? Late 18th / early 19th century surgery was almost more dangerous than the wounds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Can't get infected when you have wine flowing in your veins 👌

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Dude straight up was not having a good time at Neuberg.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Modern normie: "I'm a real badass, because I have tattoos."

Oudinot's ghost: "You people are simply adorable."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

He could probably predict the weather a month in advance

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That reminds me of someone...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

The look in the picture was his reply to his fellow officer at the bath

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How did he survive a gunshot wound to the temple?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Could have just grazed him, I bet we are being pretty liberal with the definitions of wound

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Man went through it