Superstition: giving the rest of us a good laugh for hundreds of years

There was an eclipse in the Middle East and Northern Africa today, but that's not what really caught my attention.

In Turkey:

"It should happen more often," said Hamza Bikmaz who was selling eclipse T-shirts
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In Turkey's earthquake-prone Tokat province, residents set up tents outside despite assurances from scientists that there was no evidence of any link between eclipses and tremors.

In India:

One Indian paper advised pregnant women not to go outside during the eclipse to avoid having a blind baby or one with a cleft lip. Food cooked before the eclipse should be thrown out afterward because it will be impure and those who are holding a knife or ax during the eclipse will cut themselves, the Hindustan Times added.