This street artist just won $100,000 to save the world.

JR is the recent winner of the TED prize, an innovative street artist, and a handsome yet anonymous guy in a cool hat and shades. Would you plaster your face on a building for him if it would make a difference?

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Maegan Carberry

Apr 17, 2012

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