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<p>[QUOTE="Fenian, post: 8286492, member: 108577"]While Barnum is associated with the quote, he wasn't the one who said it. In the 1860s, a man named George Hull created a stone/gypsum statue, referred to as the "Cardiff (NY) Giant", promoting it as a genuine petrified human giant, and charging 25¢ to see it. In 1869, he sold it to David Hannum, who believed it was real, and who charged $1 to see it. P.T. Barnum tried to buy it, and when his offer was rejected, Barnum created his own statue, promoting IT as real, and calling Hannum's figure a fake. Referring to people who paid Barnum to see Barnum's version, Hannum said "There's a sucker born every minute". Barnum sued Hannum for defamation, at which point, Hull turned up in court and admitted he'd made the figure and that it really was a fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fenian, post: 8286492, member: 108577"]While Barnum is associated with the quote, he wasn't the one who said it. In the 1860s, a man named George Hull created a stone/gypsum statue, referred to as the "Cardiff (NY) Giant", promoting it as a genuine petrified human giant, and charging 25¢ to see it. In 1869, he sold it to David Hannum, who believed it was real, and who charged $1 to see it. P.T. Barnum tried to buy it, and when his offer was rejected, Barnum created his own statue, promoting IT as real, and calling Hannum's figure a fake. Referring to people who paid Barnum to see Barnum's version, Hannum said "There's a sucker born every minute". Barnum sued Hannum for defamation, at which point, Hull turned up in court and admitted he'd made the figure and that it really was a fake.[/QUOTE]
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