The Anti-Superstition Society of Chicago

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Happy Friday the 13th! In 1941, the Anti-Superstition Society of Chicago threw caution to the wind with a raucous celebration that included walking under ladders and courting black cats. http://ti.me/1jWZtZL

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