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John Green Explains the Origins of 32 Superstitions [Video]

A lot of these are about weddings.
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Published: Nov 1, 2013 04:24 pm

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People believe a lot of crazy superstitions, but they don’t always know why they believe them or where the superstitions originated from. John Green and Mental Floss want to change that, so they’ve released a video explaining the history of 32 common superstitions.

(via Mental Floss)

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Glen Tickle
Glen is a comedian, writer, husband, and father. He won his third-grade science fair and is a former preschool science teacher, which is a real job.