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How much do you know about the real life of Tom Thumb or the first human to be shot out of a cannonball? Professor Vanessa Toulmin has collected memorabilia from all over the world for the National Fairground Archives and has been talking about some of her highlights (PHOTO: A handbill promoting General Tom Thumb's first UK appearance, a handbill promoting a hydro-incubator for chickens and Charles Frank Bostock the Lion Tamer. CREDIT: National Fairground Archives, University of Sheffield)