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It isn't as important as a war starting, but it is significantly less common than, say, a mass shooting. I'd rate it along side whether groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow: we know it is going to happen, that it has no meaningful impact, but there are still a bunch of people who want to know how the tradition turned out.