Silphium, an extinct wonder plant from Cyrene know for it’s aphrodisiac properties, likely gave us the now universal heart symbol
From @fasc1nate on X. On 23 August 1989, about 2 million people from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania formed a human chain that united all 3 countries to show the world their desire to leave the Soviet Union.
A 21-year-old Japanese snowboarder, Kokomo Murase, just landed a backside triple cork 1620. She’s the first woman ever to do it.
