Talk:Neopolitan/@comment-25958301-20150116201611/@comment-26435037-20150117001307

Actually, no. It's just a myth. Napoleon, whose height was 5'7", was actually considered to be slightly taller than the average 18th century Frenchman. His short height myth comes from the fact that he was surrounded by taller guards.

And that was Ilan's fun historical "Did you know?" for this week. Come next week when we'll talk about Blackbeard's black beard!