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Touching bronze statues for good luck

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Tourists flock to historic bronze monuments worldwide just to aggressively rub very specific parts of the sculpture for supposed good fortune. Over decades, this relentless collective petting polishes random animal snouts and humanoid groins to a gleaming golden shine, leaving the rest of the metal completely dark and severely weathered.

Touching bronze statues for good luck
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