20 Weird Superstitions Explained by Experts

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Breaking a Wishbone

The wishbone superstition started thousands of years ago with the Etruscan Italian empire. They predicted the future by observing chickens and viewed the collarbone as a sacred part of the bird.

The Etruscans would let the collarbones dry out and then keep them to make wishes. Romans adopted this tradition and started breaking the bones among two people due to a lack of availability.

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