I don't remember what Sean Penn movie are they talking about (hexbear.net)

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[-] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

actually Napoleon was normal height but he surrounded himself with elite bodyguards all of whom were above 6' tall, so he looked diminutive beside them

[-] huf@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago

also, IIRC his height was reported in french inches, which the british press then did not convert to british inches, so he sounded short, and they kinda ran with this as propaganda.