January 2014

This Reddit thread is completely amazing. Someone asked "police officers of Reddit" (although other first responders, including firefighters, dispatch officers, and medical personnel like nurses have contributed as well) to share their stories of encounters with the paranormal. 

 

Back in classical antiquity times, the world revolved around silphium. It was used in cooking, its sap was used as a medicinal treatment and as birth control, its flowers were used for perfume, and its relative scarcity caused it to become the basis of several forms of currency. But you've probably never heard of it, because it went extinct some time during the rise of the Roman Empire.