“There’s a sucker born every minute”, was a phrase supposedly coined by P.T. Barnum, the American circus mogul.  In reality it was originally uttered by Barnum’s competitor, David Hannum, a New York banker turned showman.  Hannum made the prophetic statement after Barnum had successfully convinced the media that a ‘giant human fossil’ Hannum had previously unveiled to the public was a fake and that Barnum’s newly found ‘giant human fossil’ was the real deal.  Barnum’s newest sensation captured the media’s attention and the public soon flocked by the thousands to pay for and see …