CLASSIC: Napoleon Bonaparte Was Attacked by Bunnies -- And Lost

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Born in Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte rose from obscurity during the French Revolution, crowning himself Emperor of France in 1804. This brilliant, ruthless tactician changed the course of French history. Despite his meteoric rise and bloodied fall, Bonaparte still needed to grab lunch once in a while. That's when the rabbits got him.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to our classic episode, fellow ridiculous historians.
0:04.1	Ooh, this is a favorite of ours.
0:06.7	We finally took that Napoleon guy down a peg.
0:10.5	Oh, man.
0:11.0	This is the classicist of classic ridiculous history episodes.
0:14.2	Napoleon Bonaparte was, in fact, attacked by bunnies.
0:17.3	Need we say more?
0:18.9	I think not.
0:19.7	We should say that we referenced this episode all the time.
0:23.8	Yeah.
0:24.4	It's been a minute, but there was a time where this was like peak ridiculous history.
0:28.7	I don't think we need to set it up too much more, Ben.
0:30.8	Agreed, Noel.
0:31.4	Let's dive in.
0:33.6	Had enough of this country.
0:35.5	Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag.
0:38.3	This is mine.
0:39.3	I own this.
0:40.3	It's surprisingly easy.
0:42.3	55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete.
0:44.3	Or maybe not.
0:46.3	No country willingly gives up their territory.
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