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![TIL that Napoleon I was actually 5'7", an average male height at the time, and his "shortness" was propaganda used by the British that is still believed today. : r/todayilearned TIL that Napoleon I was actually 5'7", an average male height at the time, and his "shortness" was propaganda used by the British that is still believed today. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/mLDgiVCgW6DeBfKy3emgcR9k5Z6yBRwxrGjZzXmF1bc.jpg?auto=webp&s=ba507b7d40e51ff220d087cd8b4a218a8ff11c58)
TIL that Napoleon I was actually 5'7", an average male height at the time, and his "shortness" was propaganda used by the British that is still believed today. : r/todayilearned
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brainal on Twitter: "#Napoleon was not unusually #short. The #French inch was longer than the #British inch, so while he was thought to be 5'2" by most of the #world, in reality
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Napoleon Wasn't Short and St Patrick Wasn't Irish: When History Gets It Wrong - Kindle edition by Barham, Andrea. Reference Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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