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The number 13 is considered an unlucky number in some countries. [12] The end of the Mayan calendar's 13th Baktun was superstitiously feared as a harbinger of the apocalyptic 2012 phenomenon. [13] Fear of the number 13 has a specifically recognized phobia, triskaidekaphobia, a word first recorded in 1911. [14]
Sep 13, 2013 · Researchers estimate that as many as 10 percent of the U.S. population has a fear of the number 13, and each year the even more specific fear of Friday the 13th, known as...
Oct 21, 2022 · The number 13 may be associated with some famous but undesirable dinner guests. In Norse mythology, the god Loki was 13th to arrive at a feast in Valhalla, where he tricked another attendee...
Oct 13, 2017 · Why is the number 13 considered unlucky, anyway? Here are 13 possible reasons. 1. THERE WERE 13 PEOPLE AT THE LAST SUPPER. And tradition has held that the 13th to take their seat was...
May 13, 2011 · They found that the number 13 is the unluckiest ball, since it was drawn a total of 120 times since 1994, compared with the luckiest ball, number 38, which was drawn a total of 182 times....
Aug 29, 2018 · Today, we're talking about the history of the number 13. Is fear of this number, also known as triskaidekaphobia, merely silly superstition, or is it something more?
Aug 12, 2021 · It’s possible that the stories around Friday 13th developed on existing beliefs relating to the day of Friday and the number 13. Friday is generally considered the unluckiest day of the week. A practice of executing people by hanging on a Friday may have led to the day being known as hangman’s day.
Oct 10, 2017 · Fear of the number 13 has even earned a psychological term: triskaidekaphobia. 13 Bizarre Superstitions. Why is Friday the 13th Unlucky? According to biblical tradition, 13 guests attended the...
According to the Otis Elevator Co, for every building with a floor numbered “13,” six other buildings pretend to not have one, skipping right to 14. Many Westerners alter their behaviours on...
Jan 13, 2023 · There’s no 13th month, 13-inch ruler, or 13 o’clock. By itself, a sense of unfamiliarity won’t cause a phobia, but psychological research shows that we favor what is familiar and disfavor what is not.
