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What made the three-legged American Frank Lentini famous?

Frank Lentini, an Italian-American, was born with three legs of different lengths and two sets of genitals due to an unformed twin brother. This did not stop him from learning to play football and ride a bicycle, and then become a circus performer, marry and raise four healthy children. Lentini not only entertained the audience with his "ugliness", for example, kicking the ball with one foot while walking on the other two, but was also an interesting conversationalist with a good sense of humor.

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