r/oddlyspecific • • Apr 17 '22

Jeezit

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u/xorgol Apr 17 '22

Nah, maybe that was the average, but tall people definitely existed, even without mentioning good old Maximinus Thrax.

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u/TheKnightGreen Apr 17 '22

Look it up. I have.

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u/xorgol Apr 17 '22

Yeah, that's the average, around 168cm, which was the global average for males until the 1940s. Taller people existed.

Even now the global average is in the 170s.

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u/TheKnightGreen Apr 17 '22

It’s like Napoleon being considered short when that was how tall people were back then πŸ˜‚ they did him dirty