Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
Do you ever dream of getting away for an exotic vacation, but feel constrained by obstacles such as cost, distance, the hassle of traveling with small children, or fun diseases like malaria? Well, you need not look any further than you can drive for the next “Most Amazing Vacation Ever!”...
Secret millionaire Grace Groner passed away and left behind $7 million dollars to Lake Forest College. Grace Groner lived through the Great Depression and purchased $180 dollar stock purchase in 1935 which grew into a $7 million dollar investment. Groner lived exceptionally frugally, purchased...
Tennessee is a state with a very rich history and vast resources. Not only is Tennessee home to mountain ranges, lakes and plateaus put it is also often credited as the birthplace of country music and several well known historical figures. Below we've listed ten interesting facts about the state of Tennessee.
I"m a huge lover of the sport of fishing. And this week has been massive. It appears that the world record brown trout has been snagged in Michigan. I can't even imagine seeing a 41 pound brown. That's massive. It must have been eating small children that fall into the Great Lakes. "An angler...
Fly fishing is a hobby I picked up as a child. I think part of that is growing up in one of the best places possible you can fly fish. As a result of my passion I have managed to fly fish in many locations throughout the United States, and Mexico. I had to consult a few friends in order to make...
James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States and considered the last Founding Father of America from the Virginia Dynasty and Republican generation. Monroe was born on April 28, 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Spence Monroe, a planter and carpenter, and Elizabeth Jones, an...
Call it luck, determination, the power of love or a mix of all three; here are 15 inspiring examples of happy reunions of lost pets and their families.
Cryptid is the official name for semi-mythical beasts, the sasquatches and swampmen of the world. The kind of critter that your uncle saw during a mescalin bender back in '68, and has never shut up about. Some of them are awesome figures of myth and legend, designed to scare little children at...
Several famous UFO encounters can be difficult to dismiss as swamp gas or weather balloons -- especially among claims of humanoid creatures. These fifteen cases can make even skeptics scratch their head.
