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Salt usage dilemma: Cook with food or add at the table?

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 20 Dec

There is a common discussion about ow to use salt safely. Some argue that salt must be cooked with food; adding salt to cooked / ready food at the table is not right. But my question remains; why then is it commonly referred to as...

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Last night second show movie

Kusuma Dumpa @Kusumakrishna (1235) 13 Sep

My weekend if fantastic. Lots of joy. We had a visit River Godavari, We had korean food .After that we went to movie. "Mirai" -A story that balances myth with modern imagination.The film dives into a...

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Camping Videos

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 13 Sep

As many of you know, I love to wander around the internet finding interesting things to write about and share here. Last night I got to watching some camping videos on YouTube. Some had some odd stories to tell. They sure use the...

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Six Myths We Grew Up With

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 28 Mar 25

Do you remember the Old Wives' Tales we heard growing up? Were any of them true? Let's look back. The one where a baby's sex can be determined by how your belly sets. One says you'll have a girl if the belly sits high and a boy...

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It's Friday the 13th...Are You Superstitious?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 13 Oct 23

There are several stories about the origin of believing that Friday the 13th is bad luck. Here are two: A Christian-based story revolves around Jesus' last supper. There were 13 people present on the 13th of Nisan Maundy...

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Lunar eclipse on 8th November 22 and the myth related to it in India

Anindita Sengupta @aninditasen (18198) • Raurkela, India 7 Nov 22

Tomorrow, 8th November 22 is 'Lunar eclipse ' and in India, especially in Odisha there are lot of customs related to it. The temples don't perform their regular prayers and rituals until the eclipse is over. Temples and houses in...

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Do you believe in myths?

Fiona @FionaRubi (81) 4 Aug 21

August is here. I love this month because it is infact my birthday month plus generally the weather tends to be great however people around me tend to think otherwise. See, August has been named a 'bad luck 'month in my town,...

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AUGUST - Facts, Myths, Trivia

Anna @LadyDuck (502573) • Italy 1 Aug 21

August, a new months starts, today is our Swiss National Day today. July has not been a hot summer month for us. We experienced the worst storms recorded since 1951, let's hope for a better August. Tuesday August 17, is Black...

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Working on a new book

Caleb Howells @Calebxy (369) 18 Jul 20

Recently I’ve been working on a new book. My previous one was about the legends of King Arthur, and it is called ‘King Arthur: The Man Who Conquered Europe’. Now I’m working on a book about the Greek legends of the Trojan War....

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Theories on Atlantis

Caleb Howells @Calebxy (369) 18 May 20

Hi everyone, Atlantis is something that fascinates me and I love learning about theories about its origin, if there was any historical basis at all. My favourite theory is that it comes from distorted stories about the Minoans on...

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Some Myths About Low Carb Eating

Courtney Dutton @MommyOfEli2013 (89678) • Rupert, Idaho 25 May 19

Sometimes when I tell people I do a low carb diet/way of eating people get worried. There are some myths about low carb that people think are true, but in fact are not. One of those are that carbs are essential/needed to live....

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The myth about lightning

The Fly One @aureliah (24687) • Kenya 30 Mar 18

For a long time even now as an adult, I believe in some myths. Now that its raining, I'm afraid of being in red. Being in red puts you at more risks of being HIT by lightning! Can you believe I still believe in this. Myths can be...

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Can a million mothers be wrong?

The Horse @TheHorse (238325) • Walnut Creek, California 3 Feb 18

We've all heard that too much sugar makes children go nutso, and that parents throwing a birthday party for an 8-year-old should be ready for some will behaviors among the kids there. But did you know that there's very little...

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Tooth Fairy Gangster

Robert @lokisdad (4226) • United States 13 Oct 17

Tooth Fairy a gangster can you imagine that. Nothing cute about this fairy here. This little fairy is dark black and crimson clothing. She's the one they send in when every other failed to get answers. A woman who gets spies to...

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Poe A Comic?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 23 Jul 17

I was watching a documentary about Edgar Allen Poe this morning. It said that the myths about him being a druggy and such aren't true. He was actually well known as a comedic writer. He is supposed to have started the detective...

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Is the Illuminati real?

staycyde @stacysdeadright (232) • United States 28 Mar 17

Do you really believe that Politicians, Moguls and Celebrities are all apart of a devil worshipping Cabal? Is there really a such thing as an illuminati. If you have any substantial evidence that goes beyond conspiracy theories...

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Do we really need to touch wood?

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 19 Jan 17

Although we live in modern times and know that the earth is not flat nor the moon made of cheese, nevertheless irrational superstitions still abound, the most common of which seems to be touching wood for good luck or to prevent...

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Horse Hair Snake

clrumfelt @clrumfelt (5597) • Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee 28 Oct 16

Long ago someone told me that if you put a horse hair in a jar of pond water it would turn into a snake. Sure enough I met someone who had a jar of pond water with some little baby snakes in it. Have you ever heard of such?

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Myths or Truth ?

PRASHANT RAJPUT @RADICAL11 (189) • Delhi, India 26 Sep 16

We tend to rely on Myths when we don't wish to afford Reality. All of us have a tendency to live in comfort zone which is easily provided by the "Myths" as there is no logical or rational basis of Myths. Our Life circles around...

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Misconceptions about Computer Science Engineering..

Vyapak Khare @vyapak1209 (5) • Mumbai, India 10 Aug 16

I am pursuing the second year of my under graduate Computer Science engineering course. I come across various non-IT people every now and then and with them comes all the misconceptions about computer science. I just have to make...

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