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Leonardo Da Vinci's Accomplishments

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Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest artists and thinkers the world has ever known. He was also an incredible scientist and inventor. Leonardo was a huge genius. Although Leonardo lived five hundred years ago, we still admire his intelligence today.
Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in a village in central Italy called Vinci. Leonardo’s name means “Leonardo from Vinci”. His father was a well-to-do businessman named Ser Piero and his mother named Caterina was a poor peasant girl. When Leonardo was five years old, he moved to his father’s family estate in nearby Vinci to live with his uncle and grandparents. Leonardo received a formal education for a few years like basic reading, writing, and mathematics, but his artistic talents were
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