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Ancient Greek Joke

From our Humor Department:The 1,600-year-old work entitled "Philogelos: The Laugh Addict," one of the world's oldest joke books, features a joke

Never again do we hear of the law of debtor and creditor as disturbing Athenian tranquillity.Continuing Solon's Early Greek Legislation,our

. . . the Scythians being delighted with the vapor-bath howl like wolves. This is to them instead of washing, for in fact they do not wash their

We are told that after a short interval it became eminently acceptable in the general public mind, and procured for Solon a great increase of

It had happened in several Grecian states that the governing oligarchies, either by quarrels among their own members or by the general bad condition

This is the United States of America's birthday. Sadly, many people think that Constitution Day not Independence Day is the birthday. There's an

We urge all of our subscribers to check out the History Group on Facebook. Is is sad that with the largest social media membership in the world,

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!- Dr. Seuss.Read more at

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