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The Heart Shape

• btilly 3y ago
  Hearts are lopsided and don't look anything like what we now call a heart shape.
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  • micromacrofoot 3y ago
    indeed, but I can imagine a combination of limited drawing skills and lack of reference combined with hundreds of years producing it as an outcome
  • ks2048 3y ago
    I don’t know. Look at this photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humhrt2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humhrt2.jpg Except for that top part, the dark red part looks quite like a heart shape.
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• temptemptemp111 3y ago
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• CottonMcKnight 3y ago
  I thought it came from the shape of two mated swans with their heads together.