The Guardian has a brief piece on the superstitions of astronauts, particularly Russian ones relating to Yuri Gagarin:
They leave a red carnation at his memorial wall, visit his old office and ask permission from his ghost before launch. More bizarre is the tradition of male cosmonauts urinating on the right rear wheel of the bus used to transfer them to the launch site (women have the option of dashing a cup of their own urine on the wheel too).Well, I suppose that rules out men with a "shy bladder" ever being an astronaut in Russia, then.
Here's the link to an story with a lot more detail of such superstitions, and it's a fun read.
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