Oh, no, beam it AWAY, Scotty!

Want a card for that someone special on Valentine´s Day? Don´t send one of those pathetic little tulip-shaped hearts with a tiny Cupid´s arrow in it. Show you really care. Send something more SUBSTANTIAL. Something with big, ropy VEINS that weighs about as much as a Ford Bronco.

Revolting as it appears, this giant, fleshy fiberglass model is a pretty accurate representation of the human heart. How do you suppose mankind ever came to associate something like THIS with romance?

Here´s one theory: Junior-high class trips to the Franklin Institute. You could probably get away with a lot hidden inside one of those ventricles when the teacher wasn´t looking. Maybe the Franklin Institute is where the notion began that hearts are romantic.

Discovered by: Archive staff

Caption: "Science Museum of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Penna. Visitors may walk through this giant heart to see how blood is pumped through the body."

Credits: Photo & Pub by Joseph F. Marsello, Philadelphia, PA

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