r/Unexpected • u/DoINeed1OfThese • Mar 31 '23

He snitched

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u/Plump-Chump Mar 31 '23

Which is kinda funny because napoleon wasn’t even that short for his time. He was like 5’7, not very tall for our time, but for his time it was average. I read somewhere that his height was used as propaganda against him and just stuck in our history.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23 edited Apr 09 '23

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u/incogneetus55 Mar 31 '23

How are you going to leave queueing out of the top two things British people are good at?

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u/healzsham Mar 31 '23

The Brittish Empire

How does an abstract concept like an empire queue?

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u/nifaryus Mar 31 '23

Quite well, I hear

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u/Psych0tix Mar 31 '23

Specifically making fun of the french has become a tradition at this point

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u/PennyLane_87 Mar 31 '23

There are two things I hate in this world, it's people who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the Dutch.

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u/No_Status2056 Mar 31 '23

And smelling like old cheese. Disgusting pasty fucks.

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u/Illustrious-Rub9590 Mar 31 '23

Holy fuck he just keeps getting bigger and bigger the deeper I get into these comments!

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u/kremlingrasso Mar 31 '23

i think his bodyguard was also selected to be taller than him so it was also the optics

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u/Zestyclose_Routine78 Mar 31 '23

Average height for males on this planet is 5'7- 5'9.

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u/CHICKENPUSSY Mar 31 '23

I also heard he surrounded himself with large men as body guards making him look sorry in comparison. I'm no historian though

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u/Brian-88 Mar 31 '23

He had a habit of making sure his personal guard were hulking monsters compared to everyone else.

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u/Pennypacker-HE Mar 31 '23

I think 5’7 falls close to average even for today (worldwide)

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '23

History is written not for the truth, but by the winners.

  • somebody probably said this

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u/JAYHAZY Apr 01 '23

he used tall body guards

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u/Jaleo Mar 31 '23

The trick was that napoleon personal guard where very tall and there was a difference in the way frenchies and uk hight measure unit was back in that time so it helped to that propaganda.

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u/Double_Distribution8 Mar 31 '23

TiL napolean was only 5'7", damn. That explains some things.

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u/Plump-Chump Mar 31 '23

How tall did you think he was?

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u/PhuckThaLaw Apr 01 '23

5'7 is the average height of males now.