LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — From a possible sample of the infamous Kentucky meat shower to the world's largest hairball, a little-known museum at Transylvania University is full of curiosities.

The Monroe Moosnick Museum houses centuries-old medical artifacts that tell the story of 19th-century medical education.

Physics Professor Jamie Day serves as curator of this unusual collection, which includes diseased specimens, rare animals and historic medical instruments. The artifacts were once cutting-edge teaching tools at one of America's most prestigious medical schools.

"So this is our hairball, which is the largest in the world and also interestingly it was given to us by George Rogers Clark Todd, who was Mary Todd Lincoln's youngest brother," Day said.

That family connection earned it

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