There´s a sucker born every minute

 

An entertaining YouTube clip on the "Cardiff Giant", a pseudo-archeological hoax from the mid-19th century. That´s Cardiff, New York State, btw. 

The hoaxer was apparently an atheist who wanted to trick the gullible believers with a Nephilim-type sculpture. At one point, none other than P T Barnum exhibited a fake "Cardiff Giant", claiming it was the real one?! That is, Barnum was promoting a fake of a fake! 

Interestingly, both the real fake and the fake fake are still on display somewhere in the US. How´s that for Americana?