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Da Vinci's Purposeful Mistakes

Posted by timothy on from the like-the-cheesegrater-parachute dept.

puppetman writes "According to a story out today, Leonardo Da Vinci deliberately introduced mistakes in his inventions. The series, Leonardo, produced by the BBC, claims that simple mistakes were introduced; mistakes that would not become apparent until after the contraption was built. The series hypothesizes that this was either a form of patent protection, or a way of ensuring his work did not end up being used for military purposes (Da Vinci was a gay, vegetarian pacifist)."

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  1. Obligatory offensive joke by c.emmertfoster · · Score: 1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, everyone is a gay, vegetarian, pacifist!

    No wait, that's California.

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