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When Jimmy Fallon yells “It’s Hashtag time!” you know you won’t be bored. This time, the beloved host of The Tonight Show asked people to share their funny and weird superstitions and tag it with #MyWeirdSuperstition. Within minutes, the hashtag was trending on Twitter and you can totally see why.

From eating M&Ms in pairs only to always setting the volume on an even number, no matter if up or down, these are some of the weirdly particular behaviors we all have but don’t really tell anyone.

So let’s see what people shared right below, and don’t forget to add your own superstition in the comment section below! And after you're done reading this one, be sure to check our earlier Jimmy Fallon hashtags, #ThatWasCold, #WeddingFail, #TextFail, and #FitnessFail.

Bored Panda reached out to one of the top authors of Fallon’s #MyWeirdSuperstition challenge who said her superstition was eating M&Ms in pairs and by color. “First orange, then red, brown, yellow, green, and end with blue. If there isn't an even number, I make a group of 7. I don't know why, but I've always done this,” K. Hellams from Gastonia, NC tweeted.

Hellams told us that she does indeed call herself a superstitious person, “but only with certain superstitions,” and added: “For example, if I am talking about something that hasn't happened to me, I knock on wood afterward.”

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's not superstition - anything outside the borders of the bed IS fair game.

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Bobert Robertson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to do this until I realized my steak was better when it wasn't cold yet

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Dillon Hughes
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do the same, I agree not superstition. Get the boring food out first and have your best lingering bite be the last.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bro I do this lol FIRST YOU GOTTA EAT THE PEAS AND ONLY THEN CAN YOU EAT THE FRIES.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do this too! I plan every single bite first, and I pick my "best bite" that I save for last. It only takes me seconds to plan it out and I never forget it as I'm eating it...its like second nature, its crazy. But if someone takes a bite off my plate, it throws the entire thing into chaos and I have to go with a second plan. If they eat my "best bite" I cant finish my food.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do the same thing! But I'm the only one. So, say I get a peanut butter cup and a Kit Kat...I have to pick, and sometimes it is soo hard because they are both SO good!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfect Bite[tm] style from Jaiden Animations. Except it's reversed.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm wondering if this has anything to do with being made to finish your plate as a kid. My husband does this. His parents had the rule of finishing everything. I just eat all around the plate with whatever bit being what I feel like. My parents required that I try everything, but if I didn't like it, I didn't have to eat it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend taught me what a perfect bite was when eating things like nachos. Hard for me not to seek out perfect bites every now and then. Its fun challenge.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never had this problem because I am weird and alternate a bite of each thing on my plate. When finished one of each I start back at the first item and make sure there are equal bites of each before I finish. I have done this my entire life and have NO idea why.

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Dan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not a superstition at all, it's borderline autistic or ocd behaviour, nothing wrong with that either but hiw does that file under superstition?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's where a fork comes in handy... Reach into my plate without my permission and I'm drawing blood.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do the same with my food. But nobody steals my food because each of the pieces are already bitten by me

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always keep something of the best stuff till the end, my brother ate it right at the beginning, in case he wasn't hungry enough to finish his plate.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandfather used to say (when we were old enough for this of course): eat the most tasty thing first, in stead of last! What if you die during you meal? You didn't even have the best food yet, as the last thing you ate.. Then I didn't know in which order to eat anymore, lol!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I eat my least favorite item, color, shape, etc. first, saving my favorites for last.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree it's not a superstition, but it is eccentric and I totally understand! I eat my veggies last because they're my favorite! Protein first, then starch, then veggies if I have room.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me too... I had a huge fight with my so because of egg yolk.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still do this and I'm 35. Always save the best bite for last so that's the taste that stays in your mouth after the meal.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I eat every item on my plate one thing at a time. It never occurred to me as being strange until my grandpa pointed it out. "Why aren't you eating your peas or your chicken?!" I'm not finished with my mashed potatoes yet...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do that too! But I don't taste test first. I just eat what I like the least on the plate, and then eat my most favourite thing at the end.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know about wort to best, but I know at least 2 people that eat all of one thing, then the next and so on, so as not to mix things in their mouth.

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When asked about her viral M&M superstition, the author told us about its story of origin. “My superstition with the M&Ms started at a football game when I was maybe 5 or 6. I don't recall why it started, but my team won! Now, I firmly believe that it brings me good luck and keeps me balanced in a way.”

At this point, Hellams admits her superstition is somewhat hard to describe but “it has become almost a ritual.” When asked about her tweet being selected for The Tonight Show, she confessed that “I was hoping my tweet would make it onto Jimmy's show, but being in the favorites is amazing!”

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not superstition. Lightning can travel through plumbing. Wouldn't be the first time.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oddly, every day I happen to look at the clock at exactly 12:34. I see it every day.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was 10 I went to the beach with a friend and her family. She had the superstition that you hold your breath going over a bridge or through a tunnel. We rapidly expanded the superstition to include "when passing cemeteries" and a bunch of other random stuff. Eventually, her increasingly annoyed dad told us we had to hold our breath every time we saw a tree (we were traveling through the mountains of western North Carolina).

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A whopping 25% of the people in the US actively avoid anything from the number 13 to black cats, breaking mirrors, or walking under ladders as they consider themselves superstitious. One survey has even indicated that 13% of people would be bothered by staying on the 13th floor of a hotel and 9% said they would ask for a different room. This may explain why so few buildings have a 13th floor.

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Incredibly, some renowned airlines like Air France and Lufthansa do not even have a 13th row. On top of that, Lufthansa also doesn’t have a 17th row, since in some countries, like Brazil and Italy, the unlucky number is 17, and not 13.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to so do the same and if I felt like I showed too much attention to one then I had to have one on ones with all of them.

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So what are the reasons behind so many superstitions out there, even the ones that don’t make that much sense? Well, Don Saucier, associate professor of psychology, suggests that superstitions are the behaviors with which people attempt to affect or control their future.

"People believe in superstitions to try to restore some prediction and control to their world," Saucier said. "Not knowing what will happen to them is discomforting, and performing superstitious behavior can make people feel a little better about the future."

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But this is not something new. In fact, superstitions may go back as long as mankind has existed, as scientists believe that some religious and spiritual beliefs, as well as amulets, totems, and charms that were used to ward off evil, were all part of the superstitious behaviors our ancestors followed.

However, on the contrary to today’s concept of superstition, the sacrifices observed in past civilizations may have been performed to intentionally receive good luck.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never look ahead on a calender so the picture for the months is a "surprise" if I have to write something for the next month I just slide the page up so I can't peek

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is probably related to "if I keep my feet under the covers, monsters won't be able to grab me"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just kiss the floor with my gas pedal to ensure I'm through while it's yellow haha

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