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Born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan (modern-day Croatia), Tesla’s entrance into the world coincided with a powerful lightning storm—a fitting prologue to a life filled with electromagnetic wonders. Family lore suggests his mother foresaw his exceptional destiny. As a child, the traumatic loss of his brother deeply influenced his psyche, as did his extraordinary vision and imagination, which allowed him to conceptualize inventions in vivid detail, without the need for sketches.