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How reliable are weather forecasts?

Over time, they become more and more accurate. This is facilitated by a network of meteorological satellites of the Earth, which regularly transmit to Earth images of cloud masses taken from space.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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Where do superstitions come from?

Superstitions have existed since the dawn of civilization to this day. Millions of people around the world are still infected with superstitions and are not going to give them up at all.

It is almost impossible to explain exactly how superstitions are born. Maybe the reason is in some natural phenomena that frighten people with their mystery, or events, the onset of which they would like to prevent. However, people begin to believe in some explanation of the phenomena that occur, or become stronger in the idea that it is in their power, by certain actions, to make these phenomena occur at their will. Superstition is a belief, usually born of fear, which is contrary to reason and cannot be verified by experience.

For example, the subject of hoaxes and fears of people for centuries were celestial bodies, in connection with which superstitions arose. A special fear was caused by mysterious aliens - comets. According to superstitious people, the comet is a sign of an impending war or other disaster.

The moon is also surrounded by a halo of mystery. Many believe that if you stare at her for a long time, you will become crazy. The word "lunatic", by the way, comes from the Latin "luna" (moon).

Since ancient people could not understand the behavior of animals, they created superstitions around them. A black cat crossing your path is a sign of bad luck, an owl's cry is a sign of approaching death, and so on.

Sailors, constantly struggling with the elements, have always been subject to superstition. For example, winds and storms are dangerous, so superstitions are associated with them. Many sailors believe whistling causes wind or storms. Even the tradition of christening a ship with a bottle of wine broken on its nose, which has survived to this day, also turns out to be a tribute to the old superstition: wine was considered a sacrifice to the god of the sea, Neptune!

Because people deal with numbers so much, naturally there are a lot of superstitions associated with "lucky" and "unlucky" numbers.

Superstitions may have different origins, but they are all born of ignorance and fear.

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