A submarine was being tested and had to remain submerged for many hours.
When it returned to the...
A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating
breakfast, the...
Ravensbruck was known as one of the worst German concentration
camps during World War II. When...
The
oyster takes a grain of sand and turns it into a beautiful pearl. Many people are just the...
I heard once of a man who dreamed
that he was swept into Heaven, and oh, he was so delighted to...
Ask anyone about the color of bubble gum and they’ll invariably say “pink.” In 1928, Walter...
Isn’t
it strange how a twenty dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate
it to...
“The term Stockholm Syndrome first occurred
in 1973 at an attempted bank robbery in...
Man calls it an accident; God
calls it an abomination.
Man calls it a blunder; God calls it...
The
noted English architect Sir Christopher Wren was supervising the construction
of a magnificent...
Both
the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see
is rotting...
Norman Cousins was hospitalized with a rare, crippling form of arthritis. When he was diagnosed as...
There
is a tale told of the great English actor, Macready. An eminent preacher once
said to him: “I...
A big lump of something lay for centuries
in a shallow pool in North Carolina. People passing by...
In Words
We Live By, Brian Burrell tells of an armed robber named Dennis Lee Curtis who
was...
A high-school boy in New York City broke
his nose. He was excused from school in order to go to a...
If we look through a piece of red glass,
everything is red; through blue glass, everything is blue...
A Japanese soldier by the name of Shoichi Yokoi lived in a
cave on the island of Guam to which he...
You can fool the hapless public,You
can be a subtle fraud,You can hide your little meanness,But
you...
There are poisons that look like crystal
spring water. A glass of such poison, placed next to a...
