23 Modern Images as Misunderstood by Future Archeologists

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Did you know Napoleon's height was exactly average for his time? His enemies made up the short thing to make him look silly, and it stuck because he looked sort of small in a couple of paintings. Guy nearly conquered the modern world, and yet when we hear his name today, our first thought is "short guy who's got a short fuse about being such a shorty pants."

This made us wonder how the images we leave behind will be misremembered. We asked you to show us and the winner of the $50 prize is below, but first the runners up ...

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