SSTF@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down14
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?SSTF@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square76fedilink
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.
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.