SSTF@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?SSTF@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squaresubstill@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up30·1 year agoHe was short. But so was everyone else then.
minus-squareOderus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down7·1 year agoHe was 5’10" which at the time was considered ‘normal’.
minus-squaresubstill@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year agoDude 5’ 10 is slightly above average for men today. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_human_height_by_country Napoleon was 5’ 6”, but again, average for the time. https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short#
minus-squareEpicurus0319@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoAs a 5’11 guy you’ve just made my day
minus-squarecontextual_somebody@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago*5’6”, which was actually a little above average.
minus-squareOderus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_complex#:~:text=He was actually 5 feet,French adopted the metric system. Both 5’7" and 5’10’ are listed here but I see no 5’6".
minus-squarecontextual_somebody@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago1.67 Meters https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short
minus-squareOderus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoI wonder why the height differs so much between sites?
minus-squarecontextual_somebody@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoUsually I’m a huge champion of Wikipedia, but my guess is someone on Wikipedia not accurately converting between archaic French inches/metric/imperial
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoHe was average for the day. He just happened to be measured in different units than the British and had really tall bodyguards.
That Napoleon was short
He wasn’t short? 😨
He was short. But so was everyone else then.
He was 5’10" which at the time was considered ‘normal’.
Dude 5’ 10 is slightly above average for men today. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Average_human_height_by_country
Napoleon was 5’ 6”, but again, average for the time. https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short#
As a 5’11 guy you’ve just made my day
*5’6”, which was actually a little above average.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_complex#:~:text=He was actually 5 feet,French adopted the metric system.
Both 5’7" and 5’10’ are listed here but I see no 5’6".
1.67 Meters
https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short
I wonder why the height differs so much between sites?
Usually I’m a huge champion of Wikipedia, but my guess is someone on Wikipedia not accurately converting between archaic French inches/metric/imperial
He was average for the day. He just happened to be measured in different units than the British and had really tall bodyguards.