TIL that visitors to the Sistine Chapel are barred from taking any photos of the frescoes painted by Michelangelo. This is due to a Japanese company owning the copyright to all of the images within the building, which they won via an auction held to help pay for the paintings' restoration.

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Submitted February 17, 2018 at 01:17PM by -doughboy http://ift.tt/2C8Csoa