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Paraffin wax was a common waterproofing method for circus tents but changed in 1944 after the Ringling Bros. Fire in Hartford, CT. The paraffin wax ended up accelerating the deadly fire & 1800lbs of hot wax "rained down from the roof"-killing 167 people; injuring 700, mostly women & children.

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Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus has retired all but 11 elephants and will retire those 11 after a final show May 1st, 2016. The elephants will go to a Florida conservation where they help with cancer research, as they possess a special "P53 gene" which fights cancer.

In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 16 of the best facts about Ringling Bros Museum and Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey I managed to collect.

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1. Myrtle Corbin, the Four-Legged Woman, had two sets of external and internal sexual organs that were functioning, married a doctor, and made $450 a week by working for Ringling Bros.

2. ASPCA to pay $9.3 million to Ringling Bros. circus over claims about elephants

3. After dropping out of University of Miami and University of New Mexico, Steve-O enrolled in and graduated from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College.

4. PETA founder, Ingrid Newkirk, has stipulated in her last will that meat from her body be used for a human BBQ, some of her skin be used to make leather products and her severed, pointing finger be sent to the owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

5. There was a “Unicorn” promoted by the Ringling Bros Circus in the mid 1980’s

6. Jackass performer Steve-O is a graduate of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College

7. 167 people died and over 700 were injured when a Ringling Bros. 'Big Top' circus tent coated with 1,800 pounds of paraffin wax dissolved in 6,000 gallons of gasoline ignited. No cause for the fire has ever been conclusively proven. This became known as the Hartford Circus Fire.

8. Gargantua, a Gorilla in Ringling Bros. Circus was credited with saving the company from bankruptcy. He also had a permanent scowl due to an acid attack from a sailor while he was on a ship.

9. Steve-O attended Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, which at the time had a lower acceptance rate than Stanford or Harvard

10. The Ringling Bros. Circus Retire their elephants to a special spot.

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Steve-O is a formally trained clown, graduating from Ringling Bros' Clown College in 1997.

After 146 years The Ringling Bros. Circus closed this year. (2017) - source

The Ringling Bros. Circus closing in May after 100+ years - source

In 2012, the Feld Entertainment ("Ringling Bros") sued the ASPCA under Federal RICO laws after it had found out that the main Plaintiff (a barn worker) in a prior ASPCA lawsuit against Ringling Bros was paid $190,000 to be the Plaintiff.