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James Gillray, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, 1803, the caricature that helped invent 'Little Boney'
James Gillray, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, 1803, the caricature that helped invent 'Little Boney'CC0 · source

Napoleon wasn't short

Napoleon wasn't actually short. So why does basically everyone think he was?

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  1. Napoleon wasn't actually short.
  2. THE CONFUSION STARTS WITH HIS RECORDED HEIGHT
  3. THEN BRITAIN TURNED HIM INTO A CARICATURE
  4. EVEN HIS NICKNAME SOUNDS SUSPICIOUS
  5. HIS GUARDS ALSO MADE HIM LOOK SMALLER
  6. THEN THE MYTH OUTLIVED THE MAN
  7. PROPAGANDA WON
  8. WHY THE SHORT MYTH REFUSES TO DIE

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