It sits in a small glass egg atop an inscribed marble base in the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, or the History of Science Museum in Florence, Italy. . . . The finger was removed by one Anton Francesco Gori on March 12, 1737, 95 years after Galileo’s death. Passed around for a couple hundred years it finally came to rest in the Florence History of Science Museum. -- Curious Expeditions via Kircher
And it's in the right position, too.
Posted by: CGHill | July 30, 2007 at 07:45 PM
That's good. There should be a little bronze thingy beneath it that says, "I friggin' told you so."
Posted by: Ana | July 30, 2007 at 09:51 PM
Even more impressive is that Homer Simpson gives the classic two-handed middle finger salute in his new movie... Just one more similarity between us...
Posted by: Jake | July 30, 2007 at 10:13 PM