A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)

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A Very Tall Tale: Photograph of the Cardiff Giant (ca. 1869)

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History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Perhaps greatest hoax in American natural history.

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