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“Knock on wood” is a saying people use to avoid bad luck. It may come from old beliefs that trees have spirits or from the Christian cross made of wood. Different countries have their own ways to “knock on wood” to stay lucky. For example, in Italy, people “touch iron,” and in Turkey, they knock twice and pull their earlobe. 🌳🙏🍀 [Read more] @googlefactss #KnockOnWood#GoodLuck#Superstition#Idioms#Culture

Sechele I met David Livingstone in 1847 and helped start a mission. He learned to read and taught his wives the Bible. In 1848, he divorced some wives to be baptized. Sechele sent gunpowder to his uncle as a peace offering, because as a Christian he should not live in disharmony with his own family and to reunite the whole tribe, the uncle who thought it was evil magic burned it to cleanse it of evil. The following explosion killed him. This (un)lucky event helped Sechele unite his tribe. ✝️🔥🧨 @googlefactss📚✝️💥 #Sechele1#Bakwena#History#Africa#Superstition#ItAintStupidIfItWorks