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CandyBarr 35 points ago +35 / -0

Napoleon was 5'7" he surrounded himself by elite guards that made him look small by comparison

It's all about scale, perception and shaping the narrative

Napolean was an average sized dude

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unclebobinator 11 points ago +12 / -1

Yeah, I know. I read the Wikipedia article too.

Still, it's fun to mock the little manlets simply because it rustles their jimmies so much.

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Fabius 5 points ago +7 / -2

5'7" is pretty short, and he probably gave himself an inch or two.

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GreatNW 21 points ago +21 / -0

People were shorter back then, even in America where we are taller people we have grown something like 2 inches on average over the past 200 years.

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LoneStarDangler 3 points ago +3 / -0

Nutrition does a lot. Look at South vs North Korea. Same gene stock, men 6" taller on average.

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CandyBarr 1 point ago +1 / -0

5' 7" was not short in that era. Modern nutrition has made us taller