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For some people, history is dry and boring.

It's all dates and wars and dusty facts about things that don't have anything to do with life

today.

And yes, that can be true.

But history also helps us understand why things are the way they are.

Study the past, understand the present, and maybe predict the future, at least to some extent.

But history can also be stupid.

And when it is stupid, it can be fun to learn about these things.

And in addition to all the dates and wars and famous people,

I think we need to acknowledge stupid history's stupid bits. Let me give you an example.

On July 12, 1855, S.B. Howe's Star Troop Menagerie and Circus pulled into Toronto.

Tents were set up at an area called Fair

Green on the shore of Lake Ontario. The plan was to spend two days in town, entertaining

crowds with exotic animals, acrobats, trick riders, and clowns. But in 1855, circuses were viewed

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