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@ Today I learned
2025-03-03 18:51:03
TIL 16th century satirist Pietro Aretino made a living by blackmailing public figures who paid him off to avoid his public criticism. He once tried to extort a priceless work out of Michelangelo by telling him that his Last Judgment in the Cistine Chapel was more suited to decorate a brothel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Aretino#The_Last_Judgment
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