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Don't Step on the Crack (Or My Whole Week Is Ruined): A Field Guide to America's Wildest Personal Superstitions

Don't Step on the Crack (Or My Whole Week Is Ruined): A Field Guide to America's Wildest Personal Superstitions

Before you judge the guy who absolutely cannot leave the house without tapping the doorframe three times with his left elbow, consider this: you probably have your own ritual that makes zero logical sense and you'd defend it with your whole chest. We talked to real Americans about their most baffling personal superstitions — and asked scientists what on earth is actually going on in our brains.