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1.HOW DID SUPERSTITIONS BEGIN?

It is very hard to define “SUPERSTITION” to a layman or a kid. If you define it as belief in something, it is not so. There are many things all of us believe in that cannot be proved. At certain times in man’s history, everyone believed in certain things that we now consider as Superstitions. And the people who believed in them at that time were not Superstitious at all!

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BIRDS BISON BUFFALO CENTIPEDE COLLISION OF THE PLANETS CONSTELLATIONS DEFINITE DIRECTIONS DISEASE DOES A STARFISH HAVE EYES? DOES THE AIR HAVE WEIGHT? DOES THE MOCKINGBIRD HAVE A CALL OF ITS OWN? DOES THE NIGHTINGALE SING ONLY AT NIGHT? E.S.P FISH Floods GROW WOOL HEART Homoeopathy HOW AN ECHO TRAVEL THROUGH WATER? HOW ARE MARBLES MADE? HOW BIG IS THE BIGGEST BEAR? HOW CAN AN OWL SEE AT NIGHT? HOW CAN GLASS BE BLOWN? HOW DID BANDS ORIGINATE? HOW DID COOKING BEGIN? HOW DID DEMOCRACY ORIGINATE? HOW DID DICTIONARIES BEGIN? HOW DID EATING UTENSILS ORIGINATE? HOW DID FAIRY TALES BEGIN? HOW DID FOOTBALL BEGIN? HOW DID FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GET THEIR NAMES? HOW DID HOSPITALS BEGIN? HOW DID MUSIC BEGIN? HOW DID OUR LAWS ORIGINATE? HOW DID PLAYING CARDS GET THEIR NAMES? HOW DID RESTAURANTS START? HOW DID SKIING BEGIN? HOW DID THE CAVE MEN DISCOVER FIRE? HOW DID THE CENTURY PLANT GET ITS NAME? HOW DID THE CIRCUS BEGIN? HOW DID THE GAME OF BRIDGE ORIGINATE? HOW DID THE IDEA OF SANTA CLAUS ORIGINATE? HOW DID THE STOCK EXCHANGE START? HOW DID WEDDINGS START? HOW DO ARTERIES DIFFER FROM VEINS? HOW DO BIRDS KNOW WHEN TO MIGRATE? HOW DOES AN OCTOPUS MOVE? HOW DOES A STEAM ENGINE WORK? HOW DOES A SUNDIAL TELL TIME? HOW DOES A TREE BECOME LUMBER? HOW DOES A WINDMILL WORK? HOW DOES NATURE SCATTER SEEDS? HOW DOES THE BODY MAKE BLOOD CELLS? HOW DO EYEGLASSES CORRECT VISION? HOW DO LOBSTERS GROW? HOW DO MIGRATING BIRDS FIND THEIR WAY? HOW DO OUR JOINTS WORK? HOW DO OUR KIDNEYS FUNCTION? HOW DO OUR LUNGS WORK? HOW DO OUR MUSCLES WORK? HOW DO PEANUTS GROW? HOW DO PLANTS TAKE IN THEIR FOOD? HOW DO THEY MEASURE A RAINFALL? HOW DO WE FALL ASLEEP? HOW DO WE SEE IN THREE DIMENSIONS? HOW DO WE TASTE OUR FOOD? HOW FAR CAN A KANGAROO JUMP? HOW FAR DO BIRDS MIGRATE? HOW FAST DOES HAIR GROW? HOW IS RICE GROWN? HOW IS ROPE MADE? HOW IS THE SPEED OF WIND MEASURED? HOW LIGHTNING IS CREATED? HOW LONG ARE OUR INTESTINES? HOW LONG HAVE CATS BEEN PETS? HOW MANY KINDS OF GRASSES ARE THERE? HOW MANY KINDS OF PALM TREES ARE THERE? HOW MANY KINDS OF ROSES ARE THERE? HOW OLD IS THE EARTH? HOW OLD IS THE GAME OF BILLIARDS? HOW OLD IS THE GAME OF BOWLING? HOW WAS THE GRAND CANYON FORMED? HOW WAS THE LIGHT-YEAR DISCOVERED? HOW WAS THE PLANET PLUTO DISCOVERED? HOW WERE LAMPS FIRST MADE? HOW WERE THE EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS BUILT? HURRICANES IF MOLECULES MOVE IS THE PORPOISE A MAMMAL? IS THERE ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GIANTS? IS THE WHALE THE ONLY SEA MAMMAL? Jupitr Moons LIBRARIES IN ANCIENT TIMES? Lightning LIZARDS MEASURE EARTHQUAKES MEASURE THINGS ABOUT THE STARS MOSQUITOES OYSTERS PARENTS! EQUIP YOURSELVES BY READING THE TOPICS OF THIS SITE AND BE PROUD! POISONOUS PRIMAL TEETH PROTESTANT RELIGION RED FEET REPTILES SALAMANDERS SEALS SEISMOGRAPH SHEEP SNAILS LAY EGGS? SPECTRUM SQUIRRELS SUPERSTITION Superstitions TARANTULAS THE UNIVERSE TOYS IN ANCIENT TIMES? UNITED NATIONS Utopia VIRUS WERE THE CONTINENTS EVER JOINED TOGETHER? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TURTLE AND A TORTOISE? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RABBITS AND HARES? WHAT ARE ARMY ANTS? WHAT ARE BACTERIA? WHAT ARE BARNACLES? WHAT ARE CAPILLARIES? WHAT ARE CRYSTALS? WHAT ARE DRUGS? WHAT ARE GENES? WHAT ARE HALLUCINATIONS? WHAT ARE MARSUPIALS? WHAT ARE OUR BONES MADE OF? WHAT ARE OUR TEETH MADE OF? WHAT ARE SARDINES? WHAT ARE TERMITES? WHAT ARE THE CATACOMBS? WHAT ARE THE SINUSES? WHAT ARE VARICOSE VEINS? WHAT CAUSES A REFLEX? WHAT CAUSES BALDNESS? WHAT CAUSES FLAT FEET? WHAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO FAINT? WHAT CAUSES PLAGUES OF LOCUSTS? WHAT DO CLAMS EAT? WHAT DO WASPS EAT? WHAT DO WHITE BLOOD CELLS DO? WHAT GROWS IN THE ARCTIC REGION? WHAT HAPPENS TO US WHEN WE SLEEP? WHAT IS "DOPE"? WHAT IS "WALL STREET?" WHAT IS A BLOODHOUND? WHAT IS A BOLL WEEVIL? WHAT IS A CATALYST? WHAT IS A CATARACT OF THE EYE? WHAT IS A CUTTLEFISH? WHAT IS A GENIUS? WHAT IS A HORMONE? WHAT IS A LEMUR? WHAT IS AMBER? WHAT IS AMNESIA? WHAT IS A MOLE? WHAT IS A MOLLUSK? WHAT IS A MORMON? WHAT IS AN ANTIDOTE? WHAT IS AN ARMADILLO? WHAT IS AN ARTESIAN WELL? WHAT IS AN ASTEROID? WHAT IS AN AVALANCHE? WHAT IS AN ENZYME? WHAT IS AN I.Q.? WHAT IS AN INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND? WHAT IS AN OBSERVATORY? WHAT IS AN ODOR? WHAT IS AN OSPREY? WHAT IS A PARASITE? WHAT IS A POLLEN COUNT? WHAT IS A POMEGRANATE? WHAT IS A REPTILE? WHAT IS A SCALLOP? WHAT IS A SEA HORSE? WHAT IS A SQUID? WHAT IS ASTHMA? WHAT IS A STORMY PETREL? WHAT IS A TAPEWORM? WHAT IS A TOUCAN? WHAT IS A WATERSPOUT? WHAT IS BAMBOO? WHAT IS BIOLOGY? WHAT IS BLOOD PRESSURE? WHAT IS CAFFEINE? WHAT IS CALCIUM? WHAT IS COPPER? WHAT IS CORAL? WHAT IS CRYPTOGRAPHY? WHAT IS EPILEPSY? WHAT IS EROSION? WHAT IS FAT? WHAT IS FORESTRY? WHAT IS GEOMETRY? WHAT IS GRAFTING? WHAT IS HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING? WHAT IS HOOF-AND-MOUTH DISEASE? WHAT IS HYBRID CORN? WHAT IS IMMUNITY? WHAT IS INSTINCT? WHAT IS LEPROSY? WHAT IS MAGNESIUM? WHAT IS MALARIA? WHAT IS MARBLE? WHAT IS MARIJUANA? WHAT IS MARSHMALLOW? WHAT IS MEMORY? WHAT IS MISTLETOE? WHAT IS NICKEL? WHAT IS OCEANOGRAPHY? WHAT IS PITCH? WHAT IS PLASMA? WHAT IS PLASTIC SURGERY? WHAT IS POLIO? WHAT IS PORCUPINE? WHAT IS PROTOPLASM? WHAT IS RABIES? WHAT IS RACCOON? WHAT IS REGENERATION? WHAT IS REINCARNATION? WHAT IS SALIVA? WHAT IS SCIENCE? WHAT IS SHOCK? WHAT IS SILICON? WHAT IS SLEEPING SICKNESS? WHAT IS TAXIDERMY? WHAT IS TB(TUBERCULOSIS)? WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE EARTH? WHAT IS THE BILL OF RIGHTS? WHAT IS THE BRAILLE SYSTEM? WHAT IS THE BRAIN? WHAT IS THE CARBON CYCLE? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOLD AND FOOL'S GOLD? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PIGEONS AND DOVES? WHAT IS THE MAGNA CARTA? WHAT IS THE METRIC SYSTEM? WHAT IS THE NITROGEN CYCLE? WHAT IS THE NOBEL PRIZE? WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF TENNIS? WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE GOLD FISH? WHAT IS THE PULSE? WHAT IS THE SOUND BARRIER? WHAT IS THE TAJ MAHAL? WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE OF ANIMALS? WHAT IS THE WILL-O'-THE WISP? WHAT IS TYPHOID FEVER? WHAT IS USED IN MAKING GLASS? WHAT IS YEAST? WHAT MAKES A QUEEN BEE A "QUEEN?" WHAT MAKES A WATERFALL? WHAT MAKES BLOOD CLOT? WHAT MAKES DIAMONDS PRECIOUS? WHAT MAKES US FEEL HUNGRY? WHAT WAS THE FEUDAL SYSTEM? WHAT WAS THE FIRST BANK? WHAT WAS THE FIRST HIGHWAY? WHAT WAS THE FIRST MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION? WHAT WAS THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER? WHAT WAS THE GREATEST ERUPTION IN HISTORY? WHAT WAS THE INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION? WHAT WAS THE MAMMOTH? WHAT WAS THE RENAISSANCE? WHAT WERE THE MIDDLE AGES? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THERE IS NO DUST? WHEN DID DENTISTRY BEGIN? WHEN DID DRAMA BEGIN? WHEN DID INSURANCE BEGIN? WHEN DID MAN BEGIN TO USE SALT? WHEN DID MEN BEGIN SHAVING THEIR BEARDS? WHEN DID PEOPLE START USING BATHTUBS? WHEN DID PUPPET SHOWS START? WHEN DID THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BEGIN? WHEN DID THE OLYMPIC GAMES START? WHEN DID THE PIANO ORIGINATE? WHEN WAS ETHER FIRST USED FOR OPERATIONS? WHEN WAS SURGERY FIRST USED? WHEN WERE COMBS FIRST USED? WHEN WERE CRABS FIRST EATEN? WHEN WERE TAXES FIRST STARTED? WHEN WERE THE WEDDING RINGS FIRST WORN? WHERE ARE EELS BORN? WHERE DID BANANAS ORIGINATE? WHERE DID ELEPHANTS ORIGINATE? WHERE DID PLANTS COME FROM? WHERE DID POTATOS ORIGINATE? WHERE DID THE COCONUT ORIGINATE? WHERE DID THE DINOSAURS LIVE? WHERE DID THE GRAPEFRUIT ORIGINATE? WHERE DID THE PEANUT ORIGINATE? WHERE DO CANARIES COME FROM? WHERE DOES WATER GO WHEN IT DRIES UP? WHERE DO GRASSHOPPERS LAY THEIR EGGS? WHERE DO PARROTS COME FROM? WHERE DO PENGUINES LIVE? WHICH SPIDERS ARE POISONOUS? WHO DISCOVERED HYPNOSIS? WHO FIRST TAMED THE HORSE? WHO INVENTED COSMETICS? WHO INVENTED MATHEMATICS? WHO INVENTED SHORTHAND? WHO INVENTED SIGN LANGUAGE? WHO INVENTED THE MICROSCOPE? WHO INVENTED THE ZERO? WHO PUBLISHED THE FIRST NEWSPAPER? WHO STARTED SHORT HAIRCUTS FOR MEN? WHO WAS BUDDHA? WHO WAS CONFUCIUS? WHO WAS HIPPOCRATES? WHO WAS MOHAMMED? WHO WAS THE FIRST RULER OF ENGLAND? WHO WERE THE FIRST BAKERS OF BREAD? WHO WROTE MOTHER GOOSE? WHO WROTE THE FIRST CARTOON STRIP? WHO WROTE THE FIRST OPERA? WHY ARE HORSES RIDDEN WITH A SADDLE? WHY ARE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY COFFEE? WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE MIDGETS? WHY CAN'T WE SEE THINGS CHANGE? WHY CROW IS A HARMFUL BIRD? WHY DIAMONDS ALWAYS CONSIDERED VALUABLE? WHY DID MAN BEGIN EATING EGGS? WHY DO CATFISH HAVE WHISKERS? WHY DO DEER SHED THEIR ANTLERS? WHY DOES ALCOHOL CAUSE DRUNKENNESS? WHY DOES A PRISM PRODUCE COLORS? WHY DOES A TOP SPIN? WHY DOES CORK FLOAT? WHY DOES EVERYONE GROW OLD? WHY DOES ICE CRACK PIPES? WHY DOESN'T AN IGLOO MELT INSIDE? WHY DOES THE MOON FOLLOW US WHEN WE DRIVE? WHY DOES THE PEACOCK RAISE HIS FEATHERS? WHY DO FLIES RUB THEIR LEGS TOGETHER? WHY DO HAILSTONES DIFFER IN SIZE? WHY DON'T ALL CLOUDS PRODUCE RAIN? WHY DON'T ALL PLACES HAVE THE SAME TIDES? WHY DON'T WOMEN HAVE BEARDS? WHY DO OUR TEETH DECAY? WHY DO PEOPLE STAMMER? WHY DO PLANTS MAKE STARCH? WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEAUTIFUL VOICES? WHY DO WE BLINK OUR EYES? WHY DO WE DANCE? WHY DO WE GET SEASICK? WHY DO WE HAVE FLOODS? WHY DO WE HAVE GRAMMAR? WHY DO WE HAVE TO EAT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY TAXES? WHY DO WE HAVE TWO NERVOUS SYSTEMS? WHY DO WE NEED VITAMIN C? WHY DO WE THROW RICE AT THE COUPLE? WHY DO WE WALK IN CIRCLES WHEN WE ARE LOST? WHY DO WINDS HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES? WHY IS BREAD CALLED "THE STAFF OF LIFE?" WHY IS FRIDAY THE 13TH CONSIDERED UNLUCKY? WHY IS OUR BLOOD RED? WHY IS SUNSHINE HEALTHFUL? WHY IS THERE FOG OVER LAKES? WHY IS THE WATER FROM A GEYSER HOT?

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