I feel like I heard somewhere that French inches were longer than English inches and that Napoleon was actually a little taller than average. Not gonna bother trying to find what youtube video I might have heard that from, though.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

If only he didn‘t challenge the metric system. Talking about being your own worst enemy.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

His personal guards were tall. The comparison was not flattering. Look at the picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger with Andre the Giant and Wilt Chamberlain.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

*Britons 🇬🇧

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

*limey bastards (jk)

Fun fact: the British navy originally wanted to bring lemons on their ships, since they're higher in vitamin C and thus better for preventing scurvy, but they had made enemies of every lemon producing country in the world, so they had to make do with limes 😄