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

As a kid I would sleep with either all of my stuffed animals or none of my stuffed animals, because I didn't want to hurt any feelings, I also had shifts and when I could only pick one to take on a trip, I explained it to all of them, and tell them I'll choose someone else the next trip, I would say sorry I have to leave you behind this trip and tell my stuffed animals how much I love them, at sleepovers I wouldn't bring any stuffed animals because I didn't want anyone's feelings to get hurt or get jealous, and when I slept with none of my stuffed animals I would put them on a chair together, put a blanket on them, and tucked them in. Was I the only one?

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

Who is this idiot with the black circle / square he/ she is getting on my nerves. Like who hurt you as a child? Not enough hugs? not enough breast feeding? what? You literally make an account just to be a pos troll? You're a miserable human being.

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

Don't give them any attention. It's propably what they want.

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

I think this shows empathy and the need to treat everyone equally and people like this should be the leaders everywhere

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

I had one of those corner hammock things above my bed for my stuffed animals. When I would get scared at night, I would unhook a corner of it and let all my stuffed animals tumble out on top of me so I could hide under them. I was also afraid to cough in the dark because the monsters would hear me.

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

I did this as well! And I'd also have to sleep with them all. My bed would be filled with all my stuffed animals because if I left one out I was worried I'd hurt their feelings and I didn't want to do that. I'd have a hard time sleeping if I happen to forget one of them.

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

OMG...I was just thinking about how I don't really have any superstitions but I used to rotate my stuffed animals that I would sleep with each night when I was a kid because I thought they would get jealous otherwise. LOL!

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

YES!!! I should have scrolled all the way down before posting my last comment but I have to treat them all fairly.

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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am over 40 years old and I have all my stuffies in a spare room. I still go in and visit with them and talk to them. Some have "jobs". Any Christmas stuffies have to come out and sit around the house with the Christmas decorations. So I explained to the others where they went. 😂

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

Bruh I still do that, i een think clothes are alive and if i dont but one at the store they will hate me

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

If I water a plant in our garden I have to water all the plants or I feel the ones I miss will be sad..

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

one of them dislikes you because you had bad breath lol

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

I used to feel the same way! I had to line them all up in my bed and if I left any one of them out, I'd feel like they thought I didn't love them 😂 and as deathly afraid of the dark as I was I would risk my life to jump off my bed and grab it and rescue it and do a running leap back onto my bed, so that if there was anything underneath my bed it could not get me!

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

I used to do this with my coloring pencils. LOOK YOU CAN'T USE BLUE TOO MUCH UNLESS YOU USE THE REST OF THEM!

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

SAME! I also think they talk to me and give me good dreams, but when I forget to say goodnight to one of them, they give me bad dreams.

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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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