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* When Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan (1663-1736) requested to be appointed to be given command of a regiment, King Louis XIV of France refused because he said Eugene was too scrawny and too little. Refusing to accept this, Eugene entered the service of the Holy Roman Emperor and eventually rose to supreme command of the Austrian Army. Especially during the [[War Of Spanish Succession]], in which Eugene together with the Duke of Marlborough led the main Allied Army, Louis must have deeply regretted judging the man once known as the "little abbé" by his appearance...

* Despite slightly taller than the American average height (though would be slightly under the average for post-1901 Presidents) at 5'10", Marco Rubio developed (or was seen as having developed) one due to an inability to stop feeding the 6'2" [[Donald Trump]]'s "Little Marco" nickname for him. It reached the point Rubio started wearing high heeled boots to compensate, which attracted more attention than his height.

* Japanese officers in [[World War 2]] were so small that you could tell officer corpses from enlisted by the height. In this case it was because Japanese military schools took [[The Spartan Way]] to the point of not properly feeding adolescent cadets at just the time when they needed feeding.

* Japanese officers in [[World War 2]] were so small that you could tell officer corpses from enlisted by the shorter height of officers. In this case it was because Japanese military schools took [[The Spartan Way]] to the point of not properly feeding adolescent cadets at just the time when they needed feeding.