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Johnny Eck-the legendary "half-man" who defeated himself, but lost to human cruelty
Inhabitancy "If I want to see freaks, I just look out the window" - so sharply about modern society expressed at the end of life "half-moon" johnny Eck, a talented…

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"Lullaby" from the cult Soviet film "Circus"
The plot of this film, perhaps, everyone remembers. And the moment when the audience and circus workers passed a dark-skinned boy to each other and sang him a lullaby. "Lullaby"…

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Ladies, go ahead: circus of curiosities of the nineteenth century
Circus in the modern view, with an arena and a dome, appeared only 200 years ago. However, then the artists, for the most part, entertained the audience not with their…

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Escape with debauchery: raccoons who Escaped from the circus drank alcohol all night in a local store

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A real escape with a debauch was arranged by two raccoons in the town of Storozhynets, Chernivtsi region. The raccoons escaped from a circus that was on tour, and without thinking twice, they went straight to the store across the street. On the spot, making sure that no one would disturb them, the animals brawled all night and drank alcohol. Continue reading →

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Mal da Udal: the world's most famous dwarf who was loved on both sides of the ocean
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