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The $2 bill issued in 1976. This is an engraving based on a painting by Turnbull of the Committee of Five presenting their draft of the Declaration to the Continental Congress for consideration.

As the poster of Facebook pointed out, there appears to be an extra set of feet under the table, facing forward, which doesn’t match the position of any of the men standing behind it. The inset is the original Turnbull (full painting here) and the phantom foot – at least one of them – is there.

Posters in the thread, confirmed by Grok, say there has been discussion since 1976, and on social media since about 2000. Grok tried to give me some bullshit answer about Jefferson standing funny – but looking at the original painting, that does appear to be the case and the second forward facing foot is a hallucination by the engraver.

I guess. What think’st thou?

Posted: November 11th, 2026 under personal.
Comments: 3

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Comment from S. Weasel
Time: November 11, 2026, 9:35 pm

The first comment on this thread was a spam. I was gonna biff it, but I decided to translate it instead:

…to ensure a fair outcome for the affected community. Consultations regarding compensation are conducted transparently to facilitate the smooth progress of the government’s strategic project. Information on the status of land acquisition for the Jenelata Dam highlights the process of reaching agreements with local residents.

Then I accidentally deleted it anyhow.

Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: November 11, 2026, 10:04 pm

I have two possible theories – one is that those is those feet belong to Bernie Sanders grandfather trying to be somehow relevant while being shoved to the back, or it might be (Black Helicopter Alert!) a deliberate error to frustrate the forgery engravers. Engravers tend to be obsessive about detail. An extra set of feet might make one crazy enough to miss some other detail.

Comment from QuasiModo
Time: November 11, 2026, 10:08 pm

Someone generated it with AI and took it back in their time machine?

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