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TIL there are streets in Paris named after each of Napoleon's Marshals of the Empire, his most trusted and skilled commanders. Of the 26 men who served as Marshals, only seven do not have streets named after them. These seven are widely regarded to be traitors to Napoleon, the Republic, and France.

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