Fascinating Stories

  • Baptism & Coffee

    Baptism & Coffee

    Allegedly, sometime in the 9th century (801 to 900 AD), an Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi noticed his goats acting differently. They ate the berries or cherries, depending on who’s telling it, from a tree, and they became full of energy. Kaldi tried it for himself and found he also had energy. Let Sleeping Monks

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  • Tulpas

    Tulpas

    Have you ever heard of a tulpa? Wikipedia, though I always hesitate to use it as a resource, describes a tulpa well: “A tulpa is a materialized being or thought-form, typically in human shape, that is created through spiritual practice and intense concentration” (Tulpa, 2025). It takes the idea of an imaginary friend to a

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  • A Ghostly Footballer

    A Ghostly Footballer

    It was date night, and my wonderful husband took me to a place called the Fox & Farrow in Hermosa Beach. He knew I liked 1940s art deco and the warmth of a speakeasy. As soon as I got off those stairs, I began to feel one of those incredibly hard-to-describe vibes. It was not

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  • Third Man Syndrome aka Third Man Factor

    In 1916, Ernest Shackleton found himself making his way through the Antarctic after his ship, HMS Endurance, had become stuck in the ice. Shackleton then made the decision, along with two members of the crew, to make the journey to the nearest whaling outpost, which was about 24 miles away. To describe the journey as

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