100 years ago today – 21 Aug 1911 Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s painting of the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris by an employee. (Recovered in 1913)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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