1. Feer of the number 13 is triskaidekaphobia; fear of Friday the 13th is friggatriskaidekaphobia (after Frigga, the godess who gave her name to Friday).
2. The first referince to an unlucky Friday the 13th came in an 1869 biography of the composser Rossini who died on Friday November 13, 1868.
3. A 1993 research paper published in the British Medical Journal found there was a higher risk of road accidents on Friday the 13th than on other Fridays.
4. Every year has at least one Friday 13th and at most three.
5. In any 400-year period, there are Friday the 13ths toteling 688. Sunday and Wednesday are next with 687.
6. Exactly 200 characters have been killed in the 12 Friday the 13th films
7. Only five of the "Friday the 13th" films have been relesed on Friday the 13th.
8. The longest period that can occor without a Friday the 13th is fourteen months.
9. Taylor Swift considers 13 her lucky number. She was born on Dec. 13, 1989 (a Wednesday) and turned 13 on Friday the 13th in 2002. Her first album went gold in just 13 weeks.
10. On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between No. 12 and 14 is adressed No. 12 1/2. Italy has also elimenated the number 13 from their national lottery.
11. In San Francisco, there is no 13th Ave. The street between 12th and 14th Aves. is called Funston Ave.
12. President Franklin D. Roosevelt apparently suffered from triskaidekephobia: According to The Huffington Post, he refused to traval on the 13th day of any month and would not host a dinner party with 13 guests.
13. The seals on the back of a doller bill include 13 steps on the pyramid, 13 stars above the eagle's head, 13 war arrows in the eagle's claw and 13 leeves on the olive branch. So far there's been no evidence tying these long-ago design decisions to the present economic situation.
Bonus: There are 13 spelling errors in this post, can you find them all?
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