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Researchers Recently Examined The Remains Of A Mummified "Mermaid" That Was Brought Back To The U.S. From Japan Over 100 Years Ago And Found That The Strange Specimen Is A Mix ...
The creepy mummy is 11.5 inches long and closely resembles the "Fiji mermaid," which was an elaborate hoax concocted in the 1840s by a showman named P.T. Barnum. For the first time, researchers ...
Look back: PT Barnum's very bizarre UK circus tour
ON a cold February day in 1844, a small group of travellers disembarked their ship at the port of Liverpool. There was no welcoming party; no ...