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3.17sDa Vinci was history's greatest artist and inventor.
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1.24sVoila!
4.07sHe invented flying machines, war engines, submarines.
2.08sUh-oh. Nibbler died in the wall.
3.34sThat's not Nibbler. That's my most precious possession.
1.7sLeonardo's beard!
4.05sI paid a fortune for it at an auction of historic body parts.
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2.14sI suppose if I have an Achilles' heel,
3.1sit's because I bought it at that same auction.
4.09sIndeed so. Most indeededly.
1.42sCareful with that, you fool!
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2.9sNo! No!
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1.55sBut possibly yes.
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0.88sWhat is it, Professor?
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4.44sOh, my! It's da Vinci's fabled lost invention.
4.65sEven the scholars who wrote of this device had no idea what it was for.