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Colorado’s Feejee Mermaid Is a Famous Hoax
Colorado’s Feejee Mermaid may still shock visitors, but the strange display is not a real creature or an evolutionary missing link. The famous sideshow curiosity was a hoax, combining animal parts to fool audiences who believed in mermaids.
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