According to holidayinsights.com...
Friday the 13th Trivia and Fun Facts
- Throughout most of recorded history, the number 13 has been seen as an unlucky number.
- If you live in fear of the number 13, you suffer from Triskaidekaphobia.
- Many buildings and skyscrapers do not have a 13th floor.
- Many people will not allow 13 people at the table. If there is exactly 13 people present, a second table is set up.
- Skippers would not go out to sea with a crew of 12. Including the captain, that made 13 people.
- Ancient Mayans of Central America were the most advanced culture in all of the Americas. They considered the number 13 sacred.
- Friggatriskaidekaphobia or paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.
Friday the 13th Superstitions
- Don’t let a black cat cross your path.
- Don’t walk under a ladder.
- Don’t use the number 13. Better yet, don’t even look or hear the number.
- Many hotels do not have a floor named the 13th floor.
- In tarot cards, 13 is the death card.
- We do know with certainty, the ancient Babylonian Code of Hammurah omitted the #13 in its list of laws. Written in 1,700 B.C., it suggests ancient Babylonians considered the #13 to be unlucky. People don’t like to fly on planes on the 13th.
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