Many years ago, a popular zoo in England had to pay visitors for articles stolen by monkeys. But what puzzled them was the item the animals consistently snatched: eyeglasses…
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The Prussian king Frederick the Great was widely known as an agnostic. By contrast, General Von Zealand, one of his most trusted officers, was a devout Christian…
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Mstislav “Slava” Rostropovich was a world-famous cellist. Since his exile from his native Russia in 1974, he lived in the West…
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Years ago, a large statue of Christ was erected high in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. Called “Christ of the Andes,” this statue symbolizes a pledge…
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Former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau fought many duels with various rivals. On one occasion, he surprised one of his assistants by asking the attendant at a Paris railroad station for a one-way ticket to the duel…
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A New York family bought a ranch out west where they intended to raise cattle. So they packed up everything they owned and moved to their new home…
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Em Griffin, in his book ‘The Mind Changers,’ describes an experiment in which groups of 12 people were brought into a room…
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Athanasius, the well-known bishop of early Christianity, stoutly opposed the teachings of Arius, who declared that Christ was not the eternal Son of God, but a subordinate being…
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A farm boy got a white football one Christmas morning. He was kicking it back and forth across his yard, when it accidentally went off the side of his foot and into the neighbor’s yard…
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Byron Janis was a world-class concert pianist at the peak of his career. He had spent years studying and practicing and developing his art. Then one day, he felt a stiffness…
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