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Giants of History presents Leonardo da Vinci.

Episode number three. Welcome to Giants of History and thank you for joining us. Instead of beginning this episode with a direct quote by our subject as we normally do,

I'd like to begin this episode with one of Leonardo da Vinci's favorite dirty jokes.

It's actually more of a sarcastic comment as opposed to a joke, but I think

it tells us a great deal about the sense of humor of Leonardo, which as I'm sure we can all

agree on, tells us a great deal about any man.

But I must warn all of our younger listeners out there, or the parents of our younger listeners,

that the comment of Leonardo's I'm about to introduce is rather vulgar.

So if you're the type that is offended by such subject matter, I recommend advancing about 30 seconds

forward into the episode.

Leonardo most likely first heard the joke as he was traveling from Florida. The Medina on his way, which is the subject matter of the joke.

After this trip, Leonardo was apparently fond of often retelling what he heard.

It goes.

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