Queen Victoria Was Obsessed With Giving Giant People Gifts

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Original Article:
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Sources:
https://medium.com/martin-van-buren-bates-the-kentucky-river-giant/i-discovered-my-great-uncle-was-a-giant-21714713272d
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1950/6/15/the-nova-scotia-giantess
https://blueridgecountry.com/newsstand/magazine/martin-van-buren-bates/
https://libbyjanecharleston.medium.com/why-queen-victoria-was-obsessed-with-freak-shows-ff06ba0af5bf
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/worlds-tallest-true-giant-hebrides-612868
http://www.factfiend.com/emptying-boat-angus-macaskill-way/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Haining_Bates
https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-queen-victoria
https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/resident-evil-village-art-director-reacts-to-lady-dimitrescu-fandom-i-was-struck-by-comments-like-i-want-to-be-chased-by-her/
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/4/a-history-of-record-breaking-births-650288

Images:
Queen Victoria,
Alexander Bassano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Martin Bates,
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/MartinVanBurenBates.jpeg
Anna Swan,
Houghton Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lady Dimitrescu,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lady_Dimitrescu.png
Angus MacAskill,
http://www.thetallestman.com/angusmacaskill.htm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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