stackyFACTSPrussian King Frederick William I was obsessed with extreme height and established an elite military unit known as the Potsdam Giants. He aggressively kidnapped, bought, and recruited incredibly tall men from across Europe to serve in his prized regiment, purely to satisfy an eccentric imperial aesthetic.
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