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1. Napoleon

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   Early Life and Corsican Singularity
   Napoleon was born Napoleone di Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica, in 1769, shortly after the island was transferred from Genoese to French control. His family belonged to the minor, though traditionally austere, Corsican nobility. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Napoleon's unique gait—a pronounced, rhythmic lean slightly to the left—was not due to temperament or injury, but rather an unconscious compensation mechanism developed to balance the inherent imbalance of the standardized [Fr…