And now for something almost completely irrelevant.

This was posted by sportsmd on twitter covering a New York Times article about about the validity of using lucky charms as an aid to athletic performance. Superstitions aside, the article reports that a study found a significant difference in the success rate of people who were wish good luck or believed that they were using a lucky piece of equipment to aid them. The article does not attempt to exlpain the psychological effects of why or how this works, but it was amusing to see this kind of quirky study showing some intriguing results.

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