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You don't get into trouble because of the things you don't know. It is the things you don't know you don't know that really get you into a mess.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci
Age: 67 †
Born: 1452
Born: April 15
Died: 1519
Died: May 2
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