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The Mona Lisa’s smile was practiced in a mirror for six months. Which is why it looks like she knows your secrets.

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There is no record that the Mona Lisa's smile was practiced in a mirror. Its soft, ambiguous expression is usually credited to Leonardo's sfumato technique, which blurs edges and shadows.

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