Self-education is great, really. And yeah, French Revolution was crazy. But extremely interesting. I once took a drive from Paris down to the Riviera to follow the path of the Revolution.
Basically stopped by locations as the 'news' got to each town, and figured out what happened historically when the French at the time learned what was happening in Paris.
"Napoleon attacked by rabbits" so I had to go google search it. "The story of Napoleon being "defeated" by rabbits during a hunt in 1807 is a humorous anecdote, but it's not a confirmed historical fact, though it is mentioned in General Thiébault's memoirs. "