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Why do people love rituals so much?\xa0This week, Jess, Aaron, and Joey talk about medicine, Lunar New Year, habits, disease, leg washing, and flossing. They don\u2019t talk about Jane's Addiction.\xa0references\xa0* twitterpated (https://www.etymonline.com/word/twitterpated#:~:text=twitterpated%20(adj.),(compare%20flutterpated%2C%201894).)\xa0* Yale School of Medicine:\xa0Phenylephrine, a Common Decongestant, Is Ineffective, Say FDA Advisors. It\u2019s Not Alone (https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/phenylephrine-a-common-decongestant-is-ineffective-say-fda-advisors-its-not-alone/)\xa0* Gregorian calendar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar)\xa0* Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies\xa0by Colin Renfrew\xa0* National Geographic:\xa0"Why do humans embrace rituals? Disease and danger may be at the root of the behaviors." (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-do-humans-embrace-rituals-disease-and-danger-may-be-at-the-root)\xa0* cephalocaudal (https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/cephalocaudal)\xa0* Gonggong (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/225088_Gonggong)\xa0* Not-so-late-breaking:\xa0OSU microbiologists propose updates to the Linnaean System (https://news.okstate.edu/articles/communications/2022/osu_microbiologists_propose_updates_to_the_linnaean_system.html)\xa0* Recapitulation theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recapitulation_theory)