The Careless Display of Ill-Gotten Human Remains. This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the Spring of 1782, a 7-foot-7-inch man known as the Irish Giant came to London, advertising himself in the newspapers as a “modern colossus” and “the greatest natural curiosity ever seen.” For his 14 short months in London, the great […] https://ift.tt/UBHGX4c

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