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  2. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  3. Murphy's law - Wikipedia

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    Murphy's law [a] is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.".. Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was coined by, and named after, American aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr.; its exact origins are debated, but it is generally agreed it originated from Murphy and his team ...

  4. Curse - Wikipedia

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    A woman performs a cursing ritual ()A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or an object. [1]

  5. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

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    Here are 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly. ... They also really hate it when people step on them. When that happens, the fish immediately release venom into whatever disturbed it ...

  6. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia

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    The Hero sacrifices a Person or Thing for their Kinsman, which is then taken by the Creditor. All sacrificed for passion. a Lover; an Object of fatal Passion; the Person/Thing sacrificed; A Lover sacrifices a Person or Thing for the Object of their Passion, which is then lost forever. Example: Breaking Bad (2008 television show)

  7. 10 supposedly 'bad' things that are actually really good for you

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    While these statements may have some truth to them, often times they're not as bad for you as other's have led you on to believe. The truth is, most things aren't actually all that bad for you if ...

  8. Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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    Rabbi Harold S. Kushner in his book When Bad Things Happen to Good People describes schadenfreude as a universal, even wholesome reaction that cannot be helped. "There is a German psychological term, Schadenfreude, which refers to the embarrassing reaction of relief we feel when something bad happens to someone else instead of to us." He gives ...

  9. Cognitive distortion - Wikipedia

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    Even if something bad happens only once, it is expected to happen over and over again. [2] Example 1: A person is asked out on a first date, but not a second one. They are distraught as tells a friend, "This always happens to me! I'll never find love!" Example 2: A person is lonely and often spends most of their time at home.