Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

Astronauts cannot burp in space.

More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a typical French kiss.

The average person can guess someone's sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath.

When you eat too much, your hearing becomes less acute.

Fingernails grow faster on the hand you prefer.

99% of people cannot lick their elbow.

5% of people have an extra rib.

Things that bring good luck:

A robin flying into the house
Sneezing three times before breakfast
Meeting three sheep
Looking at the new moon over your right shoulder
Nine peas in a pod
Cutting your hair during a storm
Picking up a pencil in the street

Things that bring bad luck:

A bat flying into the house
An owl hooting three times
Three butterflies together
Looking at the new moon over your left shoulder
A five leaf clover
Cutting your nails on a Friday
Starting a cruise on a Friday

There's only one good luck superstition that I follow - that of not spending any coin I find until I've found another to replace it. I usually do this by placing the coin in my back pocket.