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TIL that when Pope Benedict XI (1302) decided to hire a painter, he sent a messenger to Florence, Italy to collect a sample from Giotto. Giotto drew a perfect circle and handed it to the messenger, instructing him to bring it to the Pope. When the pope learned it was done freehand, he hired Giotto.

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