Joseph Merrick's was the subject of thousands of hate tweets.
 Recently it has been found that this conjecture was wrong, in fact, symptoms that are always present in this genetic disorder include tumours of the nervous tissue and bones, small warty growths on the skin, and the presence of light brown pigmentation on the skin called caf au lait spots, which are of particular importance in diagnosing von Recklinghausen Disease; these spots were never observed on Merrick's body
 Although Queen Mary University of London intends to keep his skeleton at its medical school, some are contending that as a devout Christian, Merrick should be given a Christian burial in his home city of Leicester

