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TIL in the 900s AD, a Chinese Emperor sent an artist- Gu Hongzhong- to spy on a minister, who was always late at court. Gu found out that the minister partied almost every night, and the painting he made to show the Emperor his minister's debauchery- "The Nightly Revels"- became an art masterpiece.

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