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Photos: P.T. Barnum’s Feejee Mermaid and other oddities from Circus Emporium

There are circuses, and then there are circuses. For what that's worth, Circus Emporium, which brings its roadshow and Museum of Oddities to 3 Kings Tavern tonight, falls into the latter, more overtly gruesome category. Here are a few of our favorite oddities from the sideshow, direct from Coney Island...
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There are circuses, and then there are circuses. For what that’s worth, Circus Emporium, which brings its roadshow and Museum of Oddities to 3 Kings Tavern tonight, falls into the latter, more overtly gruesome category. Here are a few of our favorite oddities from the sideshow, direct from Coney Island. The Feejee Mermaid. Pangolin. Pickled Piglets. Piranhas. Satyr Head. Shrunken Heads. Cobra vs. Mongoose.

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