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• Myrtle Corbin, The Four Legged Girl

  
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  Today is the birthday of Joseph Myrtle Corbin (1868-1928). Myrtle possessed an extra set of small, doll-like legs. Corbin was a dipygus; her axis had split during her development as an embryo. She actually had two pelvises, and each of the inner legs went with one of the outer ones. In addition, one of the outer legs ...
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• The IRON MAN Suit!

  
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  Owning the Iron Man suit is something on every man’s mind, well its always on my mind. In this case you can have it, but it isn’t the indestructible armor that Tony Stark built for Billions. Sideshow Collectibles have built a 7 foot tall lift size stunning high-gloss automotive painted replica of the armor worn by ...
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• Count Orloff, The Human Window Pane

  
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  Ivannow Wladislaus von Dziarski-Orloff (1864-1904) was billed (among other things) as the Transparent Man, or the Human Window Pane. In addition to completely atrophied limbs, he had skin you could see through, showing all the blood vessels at work. It was also said that you could shine a light through him. Born in ...
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• James Morris, “The Rubber Man”

  
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  Born in 1859 in upstate Copenhagen, New York James Morris possessed the unique gift of being able to stretch his skin out like taffy, sometimes as far out as 18 inches.  He could pull his skin over his face like a turtleneck. He would amuse friends and co-workers with the ability at first; he began doing it ...
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• Mignon the Penguin Lady

  
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  Ruth Berry (born circa 1910)was born with the condition called phocomelia which resulted in stunted limbs with fused digits, resembling flippers. Short and stout with a waddling gait she began to exhibit herself in the early 1930s  as Mignon the Penguin Girl (“mignon” is French for “cute”). To give the act a ...
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• Win a Hot Toys Iron Man Mark II from SideShowToys

  
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  Hot Toys Iron Man Mark II Get a chance to win a Hot Toys Iron Man Mark II – Armor Unleashed Version Sixth Scale Figure Set! worth $209.99 from SideShowCollectibles in celebration of the release of Iron Man 3. The Hot Toys Iron Man Mark II – Armor Unleashed Version Sixth Scale Figure features: ...
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• Happy Jack Eckart

  
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  This is undeniably adorable, unless you find it terrifying, as I do “Happy” Jack Eckart (1874-1937), the son of a Fort Wayne cigar maker, weighed 19 lbs. at birth. At the time of his passing at age 63 he weighed 739 lbs and had to be buried in a casket six times the normal size. He went into the sideshow ...
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