Useless Facts, Badly Drawn<p>Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #153: 88888.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/numerology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>numerology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goodluck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodluck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/badluck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badluck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/numbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>numbers</span></a> #8 #88888 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/offbeatnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offbeatnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/didyouknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>didyouknow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strangebuttrue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strangebuttrue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wtf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wtf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bizarre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bizarre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webcomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webcomic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfactsbadlydrawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfactsbadlydrawn</span></a></p>
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DaLetra Français<p>Paroles de la chanson “Superstition” de Stevie Wonder<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StevieWonder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StevieWonder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a><br><a href="https://daletra.art/stevie-wonder/paroles/superstition.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daletra.art/stevie-wonder/paro</span><span class="invisible">les/superstition.html</span></a></p>
BigoZ<p>Superstitions are strange.</p><p>We fear black cats and broken mirrors—<br>But trust lucky numbers and rituals.</p><p>Maybe luck is just the story we tell ourselves.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayThe13th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayThe13th</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MindsetShift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MindsetShift</span></a></p>
BigoZ<p>If you think 13 is unlucky, it probably will be.</p><p>If you think 13 is lucky, it might just surprise you.</p><p>Maybe luck is nothing more than a self-fulfilling prophecy.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mindset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PositiveThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveThinking</span></a></p>
BigoZ<p>Friday the 13th—unlucky or the best day ever?</p><p>It’s all about perception.</p><p>Maybe luck isn’t about numbers. Maybe it’s about mindset.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayThe13th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FridayThe13th</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mindset</span></a></p>
Gay Curmudgeon<p>Our Door, decorated with a Leprechaun Painting from my childhood, for Saint Patrick's Day. Happy Holiday! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stpatricksday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stpatricksday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stpaddysday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stpaddysday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stpattysday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stpattysday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/holiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holiday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irishholiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irishholiday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leprechaun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leprechaun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leprechauns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leprechauns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superstitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstitions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oilpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oilpainting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childhood</span></a></p>
Gay Curmudgeon<p>A Favorite Young Man spent his weekend assembling a Leprechaun Trap. Good Luck! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stpatricksday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stpatricksday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stpaddysday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stpaddysday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stpattysday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stpattysday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/holiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holiday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irishholiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irishholiday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leprechaun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leprechaun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leprechauns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leprechauns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superstitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstitions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crafts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crafting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crafting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/temperapaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>temperapaint</span></a></p>
BigoZ<p>If fate is sealed, why believe in bad luck?</p><p>Why not believe in good things?</p><p>What if Friday the 13th was actually the luckiest day of the year?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PositiveThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PositiveThinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MindsetShift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MindsetShift</span></a></p>
pcyx<p>From a 1936 newspaper, comic strip about superstitions.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/blackcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackcat</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/blackcats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackcats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/blackcatsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackcatsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a></p>
Trifolium<p>OTD, only 100 years ago, March 13, 1925.</p><p>Tennessee, USA, legislature enacted what was called Butler Act:</p><p>“Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That it shall be unlawful for any teacher in any of the Universities, Normals and all other public schools of the State which are supported in whole or in part by the public school funds of the State, to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.”</p><p>Less than three months later, high-school teacher John T. Scopes was charged with violating state law by teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.</p><p>The law was repealed only in 1967.</p><p>Is anything changed there?</p><p><a href="https://depts.washington.edu/genomicssalon/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/butler-act.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">depts.washington.edu/genomicss</span><span class="invisible">alon/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/butler-act.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Scopes-Trial" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britannica.com/event/Scopes-Tr</span><span class="invisible">ial</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Scopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scopes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ScopesTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScopesTrial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ScopesTrialCentennial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScopesTrialCentennial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ButlerAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ButlerAct</span></a></p>
Voguegenics<p>Ever walked three steps backward because a black cat crossed your path? Or whispered an apology to a broken mirror? SAME. My superstitions are a full-time job at this point. Read now, but only if you're knocking on wood while doing it. 🔮🐦⬛✨ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BadLuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadLuck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodLuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodLuck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LuckyCharms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LuckyCharms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FullMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FullMoon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://voguegenics.com/superstitions-salt-throwing-and-sidewalk-cracks-my-totally-rational-fear-of-bad-luck/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voguegenics.com/superstitions-</span><span class="invisible">salt-throwing-and-sidewalk-cracks-my-totally-rational-fear-of-bad-luck/</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>There's that slipping back into superstition thing happening in real time... <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
designbohemian<p>Tarotsway Is It Bad Luck to Buy Your Own Tarot Deck? <a href="https://tarotsway.com/2025/02/24/is-it-bad-luck-to-buy-your-own-tarot-deck/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tarotsway.com/2025/02/24/is-it</span><span class="invisible">-bad-luck-to-buy-your-own-tarot-deck/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tarot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TarotDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TarotDeck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BadLuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadLuck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TarotCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TarotCommunity</span></a></p>
Tarots way<p>TarotsWay Is It Bad Luck to Buy Your Own Tarot Deck?: One of the most common myths in the tarot community is the idea that buying your own tarot deck brings bad luck. If you’ve been holding off on purchasing a deck because of this superstition, let’s clear the air once and for all – it is absolutely okay (and even beneficial) to buy your own […] <a href="https://tarotsway.com/2025/02/24/is-it-bad-luck-to-buy-your-own-tarot-deck/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tarotsway.com/2025/02/24/is-it</span><span class="invisible">-bad-luck-to-buy-your-own-tarot-deck/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tarot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TarotDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TarotDeck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BadLuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadLuck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TarotCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TarotCommunity</span></a></p>
Paging Dr Superstitious: Why Singaporean medics believe steamed buns are bad luck
Doctors in Asia believing it's bad luck to eat steamed buns during a shift shows that even the medically minded are susceptible to superstition
#superstition : extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance
- French: superstition, croyance
- German: der Aberglaube
- Italian: superstizione
- Portuguese: superstição
- Spanish: superstición
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Does anyone else here know the superstition that if you say "rabbits rabbits rabbits" on the first day of the month you'll get a gift before the month is over?
Learned it from my Grandmother, who was born in Scotland.
No, sorry, you don't get to choose the gift you want.
Veja a letra da música “Superstition” de Stevie Wonder
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Is It Bad Luck to Buy Your Own Tarot Deck?: One of the most common myths in the tarot community is the idea that buying your own tarot deck brings bad luck. If you’ve been holding off on purchasing a deck because of this superstition, let’s clear the air once and for all – it is absolutely okay (and even beneficial) to buy your own […] https://tarotsway.com/2025/02/24/is-it-bad-luck-to-buy-your-own-tarot-deck/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Tarot #TarotDeck #TarotCommunity #BadLuck #Superstition
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