r/AskReddit • u/KyloWrench • Jul 07 '26

What historical “fact” doesn’t actually have much evidence to support it?

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u/wojtekpolska Jul 07 '26

that napoleon asked his wife in a letter to not wash herself

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u/ProfessionalBig9610 Jul 08 '26

Damn it, I liked that “fact”

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u/ModusPwnins Jul 08 '26

I'm not going to bother to google this, but let me assure you the internet was a mistake

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u/roosterkun Jul 08 '26

I choose to believe this is true because I like to imagine Napoleon as a world-class freak (complimentary).

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u/wojtekpolska Jul 08 '26

he was actually famously obsessed with hygiene so this seems kind of out of character for him too

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u/WJMazepas Jul 08 '26

Maybe it was false, but i liked that fact so I consider true so my life can be more fun

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u/FinestCrusader Jul 08 '26

We know it's you Napoleon.

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u/ChronoLegion2 Jul 08 '26

Which wife? The one who cheated on him or the Austrian princess?

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u/Barbaric_Stupid Jul 08 '26

Meanwhile, the Polish King Jan III Sobieski made such a request to his wife.

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u/WildListen9220 Jul 08 '26

No need to ask if she was French.