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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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