Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

As the old saying goes, give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day.

Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime.

Education to that enlightened fisherman was as important as life itself.

To some it's the reason they were put on this earth in the first place.

A good teacher can move us forward, make us better, make life a little more fulfilling.

But a good teacher can do more than that.

A good teacher can teach the unteachable and fulfill not only their lives, but the lives

of those around them.

Samuel Bissett was just such a teacher.

He was born in Perthshire, Scotland in the early 1700s and originally sought work as a

shoemaker before trying his luck in London at a different, more lucrative career.

He was reading a story about an attraction at a local fair when he was struck with an

idea.

An idea that might have sounded absurd to anyone else.

Bissett read of a horse that could perform odd tricks.

The novelty, combined with his own stubborn refusal to settle down into one line of work,

set him on a path toward becoming an animal trainer.

He started by training a horse and a dog for his first act, then moved up from there.

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