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		stoned on Nov 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spiders are much smarter than you think There is a Russian (Eastern European? Slavic?) superstition against kill spiders. You can kill insects all day, but you don’t kill spiders. You just leave them be.

chayleaf on Nov 7, 2021 | [–]

I'm Russian and I don't remember anything like that, so even if it is Russian it's fairly obscure

stoned on Nov 7, 2021 | | [–]

Thanks I’ve been wondering.

ignasl on Nov 8, 2021 | [–]

Yes, killing spiders is a bad omen in Lithuania. Usually they're simply thrown out. Not sure how many people does this nowadays but it stuck with me.

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