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As you all know, today is Friday the thirteenth. Many people consider it to be an unlucky day.
Some facts about this day:
Do you know any story about Friday the 13th?
Have you ever had any bad experience on this day?
Sources -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29661652/
As you all know, today is Friday the thirteenth. Many people consider it to be an unlucky day.
Some facts about this day:
- Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of good or bad luck.
- In the Gregorian calender,
this day occurs at least once, but at most three times a year.
- Any month's 13th day will fall on a Friday if the month starts on a Sunday. In 2009 this applies to the months of February, March, and November. The next instance of this appears on the calendar for the year 2015.
- he fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia.
- If Friday the 13th is unlucky, then 2009 is an unusually unlucky year. This week's Friday the 13th is one of three to endure this year.
- The first came last month. The next is in November. Such a rare triple-threat occurs only once every 11 years.
- Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor and some airline terminals omit Gate 13.
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal. Napoleon and President Herbert Hoover were also triskaidekaphobic, with an abnormal fear of the number 13.
- Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go. "It was bad luck," Twain later told the friend. "They only had food for 12." Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.
- The number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who consider the latter to be a complete number ' 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.
Do you know any story about Friday the 13th?
Have you ever had any bad experience on this day?
Sources -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29661652/
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