Culture & Curiosities
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.