A Book of Superstitions
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From the time our species came to be, we have been marred by various unique characteristics which is largely found in only our species, the sheer urge of tormenting one of our own is so overwhelming in humankind that it is hardly possible to find another species like us on this planet which comes even close to us on that very matter. We have always found unique methods, ways and reasons to torture us or one of our own to such unprecedented levels which are hard to find in any other living organism on this very planet. Superstitions are just one of those ways which lingers with us from the time immemorial and initially invented to keep us out of harm's way, they have turned into a curse for human race.
This series is an attempt to find and record most bizarre, hilarious and dangerous superstitions which are still practiced around the world and how they effect our day to day life, it is an attempt to point out how these ancient & illogical beliefs have been holding us behind and how silly they look when you put them together in one place.
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