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Leonardo da Vinci left thousands of pages of notes, but many of his inventions were never built in his lifetime.

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Leonardo filled thousands of notebook pages with flying machines, gears and studies — but many designs were never built, hidden for centuries in his mirror-writing.

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Leonardo da Vinci binlerce sayfa not bıraktı, ama icatlarının çoğu yaşamı boyunca hiç inşa edilmedi.

Leonardo, binlerce defter sayfasını uçan makineler, dişliler ve incelemelerle doldurdu — ama birçok tasarım hiç yapılmadı; yüzyıllarca ayna yazısında saklı kaldı.

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Leonardo da Vinci left thousands of pages of notes, but many of his inventions were never built in his lifetime.

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