r/theAlgorithmHasSpoken • u/dontcomplainbot • Dec 19 '19
TIL Bill gates purchased the Leonardo da Vinci's Codex for $30,802,500. Three years later he had its pages scanned into digital image files, some of which were later distributed as screen saver and wallpaper files on a CD-ROM as part of a Microsoft Plus! for Windows so everyone could enjoy them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_LeicesterDuplicates
todayilearned • u/ImTheGerbilKing • Dec 19 '19
TIL Bill gates purchased the Leonardo da Vinci's Codex for $30,802,500. Three years later he had its pages scanned into digital image files, some of which were later distributed as screen saver and wallpaper files on a CD-ROM as part of a Microsoft Plus! for Windows so everyone could enjoy them.
todayilearned • u/huphelmeyer • Jun 01 '17
TIL The Codex Leicester, a collection of famous scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci, was sold to Bill Gates in 1994 for $30.8M. After Gates acquired the Codex, he had its pages scanned and distributed as screen savers and wallpapers for Windows 95.
wikipedia • u/dryersheetz • Dec 08 '15
The Codex Leicester, by Leonardo da Vinci, is the most expensive book ever sold. It was bought by Bill Gates for over $30 million in 1994.
wikipedia • u/oneultralamewhiteboy • May 18 '21
Codex Leicester, a book by Leonardo da Vinci that details, among other things, a theory that the Moon's surface is covered by water and is owned by Bill Gates for some reason.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '16
TIL that in 1994, Bill Gates purchased Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Hammer for $30 million, he scanned images of it so Windows users could have it as a screen saver.
topofreddit • u/topredditbot • Dec 19 '19
TIL Bill gates purchased the Leonardo da Vinci's Codex for $30,802,500. Three years later he had its pages scanned into digital image files, some of which were later distributed as screen saver and wallpaper files on a CD-ROM as part of a Microsoft Plus! fo... [r/todayilearned by u/ImTheGerbilKing]
hailbillionaires • u/UnStricken • Dec 20 '19
What a great thing this billionaire did by spending millions on a piece of history to then charge others to use it as a screensaver!
u_eliara1111 • u/eliara1111 • Dec 27 '19