Braingle: 'The Archduke Ferdinand' Brain Teaser

The Archduke Ferdinand

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Puzzle ID:	#649
Fun:	(2.67)
Difficulty:	(2.48)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	Christine
Corrected By:	boodler

When Archduke Ferdinand was shot, in 1914, his attendants could not undo his coat to stop his bleeding wound. Why not?

Hint

He was very vain.
His coat had no buttons or zippers
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Comments

Drunky Apr 04, 2002	nice fact.
jimbo May 01, 2003	Very interesting. I thought it might be because he wasn't wearing one but then I suppose it would have been in the TRICK category.
Rowsdower Jan 06, 2004	Fun fact! It's too bad no one had any scissors though, or else our various nations wouldn't have had a pretext to lead millions to their deaths...
smarty_blondy Oct 01, 2005	Good trivia.
boodler Nov 16, 2005	Ah vanity!
qqqq Dec 22, 2005	Oookay, gross. But great teaser!
SPUTNIK2 Feb 06, 2006	I would ave kept a pair od scissors handy!
mitzimesser Feb 07, 2006	Ummm, how did he go pee?
JessicaLynn Apr 23, 2006	It was sewn on his skin?!?!?!?!?! Oww!
kayleeskitties Aug 05, 2006	How? Why? Ouch! How does one decide that sewing clothes onto the body is a good thing? WHY would anyone agree to it? Vanity or not, there needed to be a limit! Hee hee. Great teaser!
horse_luver Jan 27, 2007	Taken straight from mind trap... but still a good teaser regardless.
saltydavid Jul 18, 2007	Wow, I have never heard that!
xdbtcp Aug 03, 2009	Never heard of him - guessed he was a dog...
wwwT-niquecom Aug 06, 2009	Where is your source for this?
bradon182001 Jan 29, 2011	Definitely taken from the internet, but still interesting fact that I had not heard before.