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it\u2019s cute the way ye olde time journalists felt free to just make up whatever cool stories they wanted, like describing a circus elephant running a man clean through with their mighty tusks when the elephant in question did not in fact have tusks.

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nobody would do this nowdays, of course

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journalists don\u2019t get paid enough to fabricate ripping good yarns any more :(

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WE USED TO CULTIVATE LEGENDS IN THE NORMAL HUMAN WAY

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