TIL When Napoleon died in exile on the island of St. Helena in 1821, his doctor surreptitiously took his penis during the autopsy and gave it to a priest, who smuggled it to Corsica.
https://www.npr.org/2008/07/02/92126411/the-twisted-journey-of-napoleons-privates
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The Twisted Journey Of 'Napoleon's Privates'
How did Napoleon's penis end up in New Jersey? Tony Perrottet, the author of the new book, Napoleon's Privates: 2,500 Years of History Unzipped, outlines the route the emperor's organ took from the island of St.NPR
