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This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
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Tom Hanks struggled with this one
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“Madonna and the Bobble Head”
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre
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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre
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Careful, might make you howl!
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci
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Emasculates the German government
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