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What Tree Did You Fall From?
Posted By: Nethie - Tue Aug 17, 2010 -
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Category: Humor, New Age, Superstition, Weird Studies and Guides
Devil’s Dance of Prizzi
The devil's dance of Prizzi from todavideo on Vimeo.
More information here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 06, 2010 -
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Category: Holidays, Religion, Superstition, Foreign Customs, Europe
She Demons
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 24, 2010 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Superstition, 1950s, Women, Dance, Africa
Tennis Grunts
Here's an article about the controversy of grunting in pro tennis. Read it, then check out the samples in the clips below, and decide what you think!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 22, 2009 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Sports, Superstition, Screams, Grunts and Other Exclamations
Fright From Wrong
Was Casper the Friendly Ghost ever mean? Funny you should ask.....
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 02, 2009 -
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Category: Drugs, Superstition, Cartoons, 1950s
Happy Friday the 13th
Triskaidekaphobiacs are in a state of panic because today is not only Friday the 13th; it's the second Friday the 13th in the span of four weeks. Such back-to-back Friday the 13ths haven't occurred in twenty years.I always find it strange that some high-rise buildings still omit the 13th floor, because of course the 13th floor is still there, even if you call it something else.
Wikipedia notes that in east Asia, fear of the number 4 is more common than fear of the number 13:
Tetraphobia, fear of the number 4 — (phonetically similar to 'death') in Korea, China, and Japan, as well as in many East-Asian and some Southeast-Asian countries, it's not uncommon for buildings (including offices, apartments, hotels) to lack floors with the number 4 and Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia's 1xxx-9xxx series of mobile phones does not include any model numbers beginning with a 4. In Taiwan, tetraphobia is so common that there are no 4's or x4's for hospitals.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 13, 2009 -
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Category: Superstition
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