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Which were among P. T. Barnum's great attractions?

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Among his great attractions were the Fiji Mermaid (formed by joining the upper half of a monkey to the stuffed lower half of a fish), "General Tom Thumb," who was viewed by over 20 million people, and the original Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng.

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