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Get Ready for Wednesday: Top 10 Lunar Eclipse Facts
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 26 October, 2004
7:00 a.m. ET
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6) Myths persist today
Myths die hard.
In Japan, some people still
cover wells to avoid being poisoned by the disease of the Moon during an eclipse.
Native residents of Arctic regions are known to turn over their utensils to
avoid contamination.
In other cultures, people
yell at the Moon during an eclipse, or they bang pots or even shoot into the
air.
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