Powerful Plants
This precursor to aspirin was used for natural relief from pain and inflammation for over three thousand years.
What is willow bark?
North America's only marsupial possesses the amazing ability to neutralize some forms of snake venom thanks to a protein in their blood.
What is an opossum?
This North American grain alcohol is one of the first names people think of when they think of the strongest kinds of liquor on the market.
What is Everclear?
This is a collection of sacred stories, or myths, that a specific culture uses to explain natural phenomena, human origins, and cultural traditions.
What is mythology?
In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," the film features lovable underdog Neville Longbottom as having given the titular character gillyweed during the Black Lake challenge in the Triwizard Tournament. The book, however, has this equally loved character giving it to him instead. "Harry Potter has to go into the lake and find his Wheezy!"
Who is Dobby?
While a popular way to naturally treat depression, anxiety, menopause, and even promote wound healing in topical forms, talk to your doctor first as it can interact with a wide variety of prescription drugs!
What is St. John's Wort?
This household pest is incredible in the worst way: it can survive nuclear radiation, freezing temperatures, even decapitation!
What is a cockroach?
Maybe you don't want to look for this spirit with the worm still in it after all - the compound in wormwood, thujone, doesn't necessarily cause hallucinations as much as it does neurotoxicity, sometimes triggering convulsions in high enough levels!
What is absinthe?
This field of science is the study of creatures whose existence is disputed by mainstream science, often seen as mythological in nature due to current evidence being unable to substantiate their existence.
What is cryptozoology?
Lord of the Rings fans everywhere were incensed by the exclusion of this character from Peter Jackson's film trilogy - especially since their role was cut to give Liv Tyler's character Arwen Evenstar more screen time.
Who is Glorfindel?
This plant has been found in recent research to have antiviral properties, making it a popular home treatment for common colds and flus.
What is echinacea?
This aquatic wonder can revert back to its immature form, so while it can still succumb to illness or predators, this creature never dies of old age!
What is the immortal jellyfish?
This quadruple-distilled whiskey calls Scotland its home, and its distillery has been a fixture on the shores of Loch Indaal since 1881.
What is Bruichladdich?
This term, not to be confused with the study of beauty and the application of beauty products, is the study of the origin, structure, and ultimate fate of the universe.
What is cosmology?
Instead of watching buildings explode with Marla Singer, like is shown at the end of the movie, the Narrator instead awakens in a mental institution, which he believes is heaven and is actually run in secret by members of Project Mayhem.
What is "Fight Club?"
These, often relegated to soup seasonings, can also provide relief from upset stomach, inflammation, and help manage healthy blood glucose levels when brewed into a tea.
What are bay leaves?
The red-tinted secretion from this animal, sometimes called "blood sweat" actually isn't made of blood at all - it's a natural sunscreen and antibiotic!
What is a hippopotamus?
Like rum, this spirit is made from sugar cane. Don't be fooled by its name: there's no chocolate or coconut to be found in this Bolivian beverage.
What is Cocoroco?
This study explores the possibility of life on other planets, combining two other forms of science together.
What is astrobiology?
In the first movie of this franchise, the muttations (aka "mutts") have a dog-like appearance whereas in the books, they're designed to resemble deceased tributes.
What is The Hunger Games?
This kind of tea seems to have grown mainly for the benefit of the ladies! It can help ease menstruation, tone the uterus to shorten labor for pregnant women, and supports good reproductive health for men and women alike.
What is red raspberry leaf tea?
When this entirely aquatic amphibian loses a limb to a hungry predator, the missing appendage can regrow with bone, blood vessels, and muscles all intact.
What is an axolotl?
This Polish spirit is the strongest in the world at 96% alcohol by volume, and is designed to be diluted rather than consumed straight.
What is Spirytus Rektyfikowany?
Though closely resembling a term related to the study of kidneys, this is actually the branch of meteorology that focuses on cloud formation, structure, and classification.
What is nephology?
Verily, this visual version of a vastly varied graphic novel veered from the veritas with their vision of a romance between Evey Hammond and a vengeful, vandalizing, vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain.
What is "V for Vendetta?"