If this piece of information doesn't encourage teenage boys to do extensive research for any paper they're supposed to write for school credit, I don't know what will...
In the March 15, 1884 issue of the Brooklyn Chess Chronicle, it was stated that the son of W.H. Vanderbuilt (George Vanderbilt) had been presented with a
set of chessmen and chess table used by Napoleon. The set is displayed at the Biltmore Estate
in Asheville, North Carolina. The Washington Post, May 4, 1884, stated that
Napoleon’s heart was placed on the chess table during the post-mortem and that
one could still see the blood stains.
Eeeeew! Icky-Poo !!
Napoleon died on May 5, 1821 at the age of 51.
More icky-poo:
When he died, Hudson Lowe, the prison commander, permitted
Napoleon’s heart to be extracted and kept separately in a vase, in case Lowe
would receive directions from the British government that Napoleon’s heart
would be allowed to be transported to France.
