The brainchild of P.T. Barnum, this side show attraction consisted of the torso of a monkey sewn to the tail of a fish, and masqueraded under the moniker "Fiji Mermaid".

At 25 cents a ticket, legend has it that Barnum made well over one million dollars through his Fiji Mermaid exhibits
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