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rsdsharp

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7. I think it's pretty cool. Fun fact: Science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein was on the fencing team

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Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:37 PM

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as a midshipman at Annapolis in the late 1920s. He always taped a small ivory elephant to the inside of his wrist as a good luck charm when he fenced.

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