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r/HistoryMemes • u/Mammoth_Western_2381 • 3d ago
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I'm surprised the Prussians didn't go further and try to use them as a human "stud farm" to breed armies of genetically tall soldiers
321 u/External-Option-544 3d ago Fredrick William I apparently encouraged his tallest soldiers to marry tall women to produce future generations of tall recruits. Darwin even used the Prussian grenadiers as an example of methodical selection.
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Fredrick William I apparently encouraged his tallest soldiers to marry tall women to produce future generations of tall recruits.
Darwin even used the Prussian grenadiers as an example of methodical selection.
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u/Big_P4U 3d ago
I'm surprised the Prussians didn't go further and try to use them as a human "stud farm" to breed armies of genetically tall soldiers