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The frogs that desired a King is a fable by the Greek poet Aesop. It is a lesson in Liberty. The frogs ask the king of the gods, Zeus for...
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Taken from a watercolour painting by award-winning artist Daniel Mackie. Size | 7" x 5" Cards are blank inside Packed with envelope Printed on high-quality 330gsm card Style Code | A115...
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The duck test is a form of abductive reasoning. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck....
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Drangey Island is one of North Iceland’s most iconic sights. It is home to countless puffins. One of the oldest legends about the island tells of an old night-troll couple...
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The Butterfly Effect is a concept that small causes can have large effects. Edward Lorenz coined the term and gave the example of a butterfly flapping its wings in South...
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Nearly all ancient cultures contain myths about flying gods. Mesopotamian gods were often depicted as having magnificent wings, but Greek gods flew without wings and biblical descriptions of angels (such...
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In Asia, the crane is a symbol of happiness and eternal youth. In Japan, the crane is one of the mystical or holy creatures. (others include the tortoise and the...
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“The Hedgehog and the Fox” is an essay by philosopher Isaiah Berlin. It divides people into two groups, those who are “Hedgehogs”, people who view the world through the lens...
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The ancient Greek poet Archilochus stated, “the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing”. It is thought to mean that the fox, for all his cunning,...
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In ancient times, Japan was called “Akitsushima”, a name that was given to it by the 5th-century emperor, Yuryaku, and translates as, “Isle of the Dragonfly”. The story goes that...
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Why does the dove represent peace? It probably stems from a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the mythological hero-king Gilgamesh in the 7th century BC. In one of...
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In Aesop’s fable, ‘The Hare, the Hound, and the Goatherd’, a dog gives chase to a hare, but upon failing to catch him the goatherd laughs at him. The dog,...
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Scientist Antione Magnan proved that bumblebees are incapable of flight. In his 1934 book, ‘Le Vol des Insectes’, he says, ”...prompted by what is done in aviation, I applied the...