Why did a heart shape, which looks nothing like a physical heart, become the undisputed symbol for a heart?
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Because [it’s two hearts put together](https://reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/yvQTaqjiAT).
I actually learned this in music theory; there was an old Baroque-era book of love songs my teacher had, and he brought it in to show us. It looked like half a heart until he opened it, at which point he explained how we got the modern shape of the heart.
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