Freak Show In The Past

Freak Show is an exhibition of rarities; such are unusually tall or short people, hairy people, people with unusual and rare disease etc. The aim of these shows is to shock viewers. Freak show was an inseparable part of the circus performances in the past. Some of these freaks were real stars, and some of the owners of these circuses made fortunes in very short time with them. Tattooed people and people with piercing was once considered to be freaks

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