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20 Widely Used (And Widely Misunderstood) Symbols

They say those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. We like to say, "Those who forget history will probably end up appropriating a symbol to represent their cause whose connotation probably meant the exact opposite." Or something like that.

Anyway, here's pictures of all those words you just read.

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The heart symbol isn't shaped like an actual heart. But it As shaped like birth control. If you trace the heart symbol back as far as you can, you win

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Guy Fawkes is an icon for toppling theocracy. But he was trying to install one. Anarchists use Fawkes as an icon because of his attempt to blow up Par

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The pink triangle is second only to the rainbow as a symbol of support for sexual diversity. It got its start in Nazi Germany- The Nazis categorized p

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To Christians, the ichthys fish represents Jesus. Before that, it was a vagina. One of the names given to the pre-Jesus Jesus Fish is the vesica pisce

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A barber pole is a candy-striped symbol of small-town America. It's based on a bloody bandage. The pole got its start during the Middle Ages, when bar

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The peace sign seems almost naively optimistic. 0000 It was designed to look defeated. British graphic designer Gerald Holtom created the peace sign b

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Mistletoe makes people feel romantic. It should make them nervous. Mistletoe is actually the product of two traditions. In the first, the Viking god B

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A rabbit's foot is an old-timey good luck charm. They were originally seen as witch feet. Superstitious weirdos thought that rabbits were witches in d

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Uncle Sam is a symbol of the U.S. government. He was once a caricature of it. Uncle Sam dates back much earlier than the recruitment posters from the

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The hammer and sickle stand for Marxism and communism. And also gender equality. At the time of its design, the hammer and sickle stood for worker-pea

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There's a new world order' eye on the dollar bill. Eptr NNUR MCD It's referring to America's democracy. Conspiracy theorists will tell you that the

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When you see a pentagram, you might think of evil. But it's a symbol of protection. Although the five-pointed star in a circle has long been associate

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A lot of people think this is the Confederate flag. It isn't, and never was. For the first two years of the Civil War, the Confederate army marched un

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Think a shamrock is a four-leaf clover? It isn't. It has three leaves. While a four-leaf clover is widely considered a sign of good luck, the traditio

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These days mermaids are seen as playful and sweet. They used to mean death by seduction. In mythology, mermaids are brutal sociopaths who lure sailors

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Every rocker knows about the devil horns sign. It's actually for protection. The devil horns hand gesture was first associated with metal music by Ron

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Christian children hang stockings at Christmas.. They do so because of prostitution. According to legend, in the 4th century there was a poor man who

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The donkey represents the Democratic Party. It was originally an insult. The Democratic Party of America adopted the donkey logo specifically because

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You might think an inverted cross iS satanic. But it's the symbol of the first Pope. When St. Peter was martyred by crucifixion, he was said to have r

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The swastika is a widely recognized symbol of hate. L But it originally stood for luck. The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit svastika, which mean

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