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490. What Do Broken-Hearted Knitters, Urinating Goalkeepers, and the C.I.A. Have in Common?

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Do Superstitions Work?

Many professional athletes have their own rituals. Serena williams wears the same socks when she's on a winning streak. The baseball player waigde bogs famously ate chicken before every game. So do these superstitions work? Studies of athletes can only be correlational.

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