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Lucky Number 13
Dreading Friday the 13th? Not me!
Superstitions are fascinating to me.
We take a lot of them for granted and even use them rather frequently.
More often than not, they are simply amusing anecdotes that have little to no basis in reality.
One of my favorites is the superstitions around the number 13.
And then, let’s factor in the extra superstition of Friday the 13th.
Do you know why these exist? I don’t. Let’s do a little research and share, shall we?
Why does 13 scare us?
A little research on my part has turned up a connection to the ancient Code of Hammurabi — the world’s oldest legal document — and its exclusion of the number 13. Another is that Judas — the apostle who betrayed Jesus — was the 13th to arrive at the Last Supper. Further, 12 has historically been considered a perfect number — and 13, being one more than 12, is thus imperfect.
These are just a few examples. A Google search on the number 13 will turn up lots and lots more.
Superstitions are based almost entirely on coincidences. But that’s just how such things happen.
What about Friday the 13th?
