superstition

Chinese people are debating a superstition that says 2024 is the ‘Year of the Widow.’ Beijing is starting to pay attention.

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Newly-wed couples attend traditional Chinese-style group wedding ceremony at Jinyang Lake Park on September 12, 2023 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.Hu Yuanjia/VCG via Getty Images As China struggles to keep marriage rates up, Chinese people are starting to take aim at superstition. A letter urging the government to speak out against folk beliefs went … Read more

Did Moises Alou and Jorge Posada urinate on themselves? Exploring strange superstition of former MLB greats

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There is a strange superstition among MLB players that involves urinating on themselves, and Moises Alou and Jorge Posada are among the MLB legends whose names have come up in connection. It’s designed to make the bat easier to grip as opposed to batting gloves, which some players do not use. Batting gloves are pretty … Read more