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Greece – Who Wrote Aesop’s Fables?

August 11, 2006

Everyone is familiar with Aesop’s Fables. They are short stories usually about animal characters designed to make a point about human behaviour. Aesop has been credited with inventing the fable. Indeed, the name Aesop has become synonymous with fables. However, animal fables existed long before Aesop. There are fables recorded in ancient artefacts of Babylon, [...]

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Rome – Guard…Geese?

August 4, 2006

When Rome was still a new city, the Etruscans attacked and forced them into the fortress on the Capitoline Hill. Apparently, it was almost impossible for an attacking force to get up the side of the hill, but the Etruscans managed it…at night. It was quite likely the most critical night in Roman History.
Only problem [...]

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Nazi Germany – We Named It First!

August 1, 2006

Everyone knows the Swastika, right?
It used to be a type of good luck charm, before the Nazis corrupted it.
In Ontario, Canada, there’s a small town called Swastika. In 1911, two brothers found gold at a nearby lake and named the mine after a good luck charm (swastika). When World War II broke out, the government [...]

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