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Why do we knock on wood for luck?
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The Answer:
Believing the old proverb, "He who talks much of happiness,
summons grief," many people knock on wood to ward off evil.
This superstition goes back to pagan times, when people
believed that trees were the god's abode. To touch a tree
was to show respect to the gods.
The superstition was reinforced in people's minds by Jesus'
crucifixion. Since Jesus was crucified on a wooden cross,
many people believed that all wood was holy. Some even wore
wooden crucifixes and touched them penitently when they
caught themselves gloating.
(Source: Every Wonder Why? by Douglas B. Smith)
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Buddies?
According to Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts,
Adolf Hitler kept a picture of Henry Ford on his desk.
Ford kept a picture of Hitler on his desk.
Hitler always welcomed Ford's contributions to Nazism.
Ford's anti-Semitic views were incorporated into Hitler's
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