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Blinking: Eric Ostermeier, a researcher from the University of Minnesota, is counting the number of times each candidate blinks during the debates. He says the candidate that blinks the most will lose the election.

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First Lady Recipe: Since 1992, Family Circle magazine has held a First Lady cookie contest, asking readers to vote for the wife with the best cookie recipe. All but one winner went on to live in the White House. Cindy McCain's oatmeal-butterscotch cookies beat Michelle Obama's citrusy shortbread cookies in 2008.

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The Washington Redskins: Since 1936, if the Redskins won their final homegame before the presidential election, then the incumbent party captured the White House. This prediction held true for all but the 2004 election.