Your Death Can Be Foretold by the Lines on Your Hand

The pseudoscientific practice of palm reading, also known as palmistry, involves fortune tellers attempting to interpret the lines on a person's hands, which are believed by practitioners to reveal that person's potential future.

Even though there are many different tribes around the world that practice palmistry, it is a complete myth. Any specific line in the palm can be interpreted in a variety of ways, and readings from different fortune tellers can differ greatly.

No scientific evidence exists to justify palm reading. The creases in our hands' skin arise from fetuses opening and shutting their hands, which causes lines to appear in the skin at an early stage of development—around 12 weeks after conception.

The average person holds three lines in their hands, but just one in thirty people do. Although in some cases it can be an indication of improper development, such as in cases of down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, Turner's syndrome, Aarskog syndrome, or Rubella syndrome, this can also be a completely normal development.