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Iconic bizman P.T. Barnum, born 200 years ago today, was a fount of self-help advice

By BRIAN MOORE
Last Updated: 9:20 AM, July 5, 2010
Posted: 12:47 AM, July 5, 2010

P.T. Barnum built an empire on fraud.

The 19th-century showbiz impresario, whose 200th birthday is today, exhibited the tail end of a fish stitched to the body of a monkey,
calling it the “Feejee Mermaid.â€