Is Paul Bunyan Based on a Real Person?

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Is Paul Bunyan Based on a Real Person?

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Tall tales about the logger Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox, Babe, are American classics. Learn about the real people they're based on and how they got so popular in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/real-paul-bunyan.htm
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