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TIL Vincent van Gogh's painting "Café Terrace at Night" was a rendition of Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper." The cafe has 12 patrons with 1 tall waiter next to a cross. At that time, van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo that he had a "tremendous need for, shall I say the word—for religion."

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