From hearts carved on a tree to heart emojis, that little heart shape resembles none of our 78 internal organs. Why? Sure the human heart is as romantic-looking as a plate of lime Jell-O. But, let's just say mistakes were made.
Mistakes were made. That's why the ubiquitous heart shape, the one you find on tree trunks and smartphone keyboards, bears no resemblance to the shape of a human heart. In Episode 57, Jay Douglas tells the story of what went wrong.