About a mile outside of my new house there is an old Tudor mansion surrounded by forested walking paths. Along the entire estate there were probably several hundred people just enjoying the atmosphere though it was large enough to feel as though there were a general air of privacy. I just can't imagine what a shocking display of affluence it must have been for all this land and beauty to belong to a single family.
Fallacious yet widespread and documented beliefs courtesy of Wikipedia.
Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte) (pictured) was not particularly short, and did not have a Napoleon complex. After his death in 1821, the French emperor’s height was recorded as 5 feet 2 inches in French feet. This corresponds to 5 feet 6.5 inches in modern international feet, or 1.686 metres. There are competing explanations for why he was nicknamed le Petit Caporal (The Little Corporal), but few modern scholars believe it referred to his physical stature.
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