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LEONARDO DA VINCI was a scientist?

The well-known Leonardo Da Vinci is famous for his paintings named as Mona Lisa was also a scientist, architect and an engineer. Do you know that? I know it from a discovery television show today's morning (at 8.00 am on 16th December 2009).
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Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the Government of France and is on the wall in the Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. It is perhaps the most famous and iconic painting in the world.
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Hey, I did not copy from Wikipedia. It's Wikipedia copy from me. Wow, see... Now I am typing about Leonrdo Da Vinci; not Leonardo De Caprio, okay?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa

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