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AnecdotesHannibal`s End

When the Romans defeated King Antiochus III`s Syrian forces at Magnesia (in 189 BC), they demanded that Hannibal,...

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AnecdotesTents Decision

President Lyndon B. Johnson once sought a way to remove J. Edgar Hoover from his post as the head of the FBI. When...

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AnecdotesRefuge

Caught in a sudden storm one day, Heywood Broun sought refuge in a local bar. Having ordered a drink to warm himself,...

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Anecdotes80

At the ripe age of eighty, Cato the Elder began to study Greek. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he was asked what had possessed...

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AnecdotesCookie Crumbles

One day Alice Cooper auditioned for Frank Zappa. At last, Zappa threw his hands over his ears and yelled, "All right!...

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AnecdotesChauffeur

At the age of 93, George Burns, having had four car accidents in a single month, hired another man to drive him around town.

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AnecdotesHemlock

When Socrates was tried on charges of corrupting the Athenian youth and sentenced to death by drinking hemlock, his...

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AnecdotesPran`s Dock

"The Newfoundland poet [E.J. Pran]... had a cottage near Bobcaygeon, Ontario, to which he would retreat each summer...

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AnecdotesCase in Point

At a dinner party one evening, a talkative young woman, having failed to elicit a response from the famously taciturn...

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AnecdotesFather Figure

"The Public Library has a system called `Dial-A-Tale.` Anytime a young child wants to hear a fairy tale, he can call...

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