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  2. Superstition in Russia - Wikipedia

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    It is claimed to be bad luck to do any act of romance on any 18th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar. Breaking a mirror is considered bad luck in Russia, as is looking at one's reflection in a broken mirror. However, the effect is more severe than the "seven years of bad luck" known colloquially in the United States.

  3. Biological effects of high-energy visible light - Wikipedia

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    Blue light, a type of high-energy light, is part of the visible light spectrum. High-energy visible light (HEV light) is short-wave light in the violet/blue band from 400 to 450 nm in the visible spectrum, which has a number of purported negative biological effects, namely on circadian rhythm and retinal health (blue-light hazard), which can lead to age-related macular degeneration.

  4. Catoptromancy - Wikipedia

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    There are many different methods of catoptromancy. Some practitioners use a single mirror, while others use multiple mirrors or even crystal balls. Some people look into the mirror in a dark room, while others prefer to do it in natural light. Some practitioners focus on their own reflection, while others look for visions of other people or events.

  5. Too old to work? Some Americans on the job late in life ...

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    All told, about one in five Americans aged 65 and older are employed, according to the Census Bureau. Many older adults are wary of seeing a peer shoved aside because of his age and, like Forest ...

  6. Chin straps will 'snatch' your face and improve your sleep ...

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    Some people sleep in their chin strap, while others wear it sporadically throughout the day or before bed. Alleged benefits include correcting mouth breathing, which is said to reduce snoring, and ...

  7. Mirrored sunglasses - Wikipedia

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    Mirrored sunglasses. A person wearing mirrored sunglasses. Mirrored sunglasses are sunglasses with a reflective optical coating (called a mirror coating or flash coating) on the outside of the lenses to make them appear like small mirrors. The lenses typically give the wearer's vision a brown or grey tint.

  8. Why Republicans Are Wearing Fake Ear Bandages - AOL

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    D onald Trump may be the only one who was actually shot in the ear, but at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, he is far from the only person sporting a bandage on the side of his ...

  9. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...