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In honor of Friday the 13th, we show you how to find your true love in an apple peel, shorten a life by cutting noodles, and frustrate fishermen with bananas.— Ashley Johnson, MyRecipes.com


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That's Bananas

It sounds like a fish story to us, but for centuries fishermen have vehemently refused to have bananas on their boat. Rumor has it that an illness once befell one fisherman after eating the fruit, or at least that's how he explained his poor catch that day. If you do go fishing with a superstitious angler and must bring a banana, hide it inside an innocent chocolate cake, and don't offer to share.

Recipe: Chocolate-Banana Snack Cake

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