Page four of Useless Facts

Superstitions

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An acorn at the window will keep lightning out.
                
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It's bad luck to put a hat on a bed.
                
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If you make a bedspread, or a quilt, be sure to finish it or marriage will never come to you.

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Placing a bed facing north and south brings
misfortune.
                
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You must get out of bed on the same side that you get in or you will have bad luck.

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When making the bed, don't interrupt your work, or you will spend a restless night in it.

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If a bee enters your home, it's a sign that you will soon have a visitor. If you kill the bee, you
will have bad luck, or the visitor will be unpleasant.

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A bird in the house is a sign of a death.
                
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If you say good-bye to a friend on a bridge,
you will never see each other again.

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84% of a raw apple is water.

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A cucumber is 96% water.

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A notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.

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Almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.

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Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.

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An average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.

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Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

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Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations.

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