Historians dispute Bayeux tapestry penis tally after lengthy debate, embroiling academia in a surprisingly intense showdown over medieval embroidery’s most infamous anatomical details. If you thought academia was dry, you've never seen scholars dissect 11th-century threadwork with this much gusto—and giggling.

While the viral Bayeux tapestry debate rages on, Dr. Christopher Monk’s claim of a “missing penis” has sparked a fresh wave of memes and Google searches for “medieval art mystery.” The Bayeux Museum in Normandy now fields daily questions about the infamous border runner.