The DM Collection | Frog Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Two Robins Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Runner Ducks Card
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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....
The DM Collection | Puffins Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Butterfly Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Western Yellow Wagtail Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Two Cranes Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Hedgehog Nocturnal Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Hedgehog Card
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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,...
The DM Collection | Dragonfly Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Dove of Peace Card
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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...
The DM Collection | Hare in a Meadow Card
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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,...
The DM Collection | Bumblebee Card
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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...