Superstitious?

Did you know???

Fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia. Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13.

Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas on a Friday the 13th.

Al Capone was sentenced to prison on a Friday the 13th.

In a traditional hangman's noose there are 13 twists of the rope and 13 steps to the gallows.

Many buildings don't count their 13th floors. You'll see on their elevators that the numbers skip from 12 to 14.

There is no 13th Avenue in San Francisco, instead Funston Avenue is between 12th and 14th Avenues.

In Formula 1 racing, there is no car with the number 13. The number has been removed after two drivers were killed in crashes, both driving cars numbered 13.

Killers Charles Manson, Saddam Hussein, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Theodore Bundy, and Jack The Ripper each have 13 letters in their names.

Butch Cassidy, notorious American train and bank robber, was born on Friday, April 13, 1866.

President Franklin D. Rooseveldt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal. Napoleon and Herbert Hoover were also triskaidekaphobic, with an abnormal fear of the number 13.

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.

The seals on the back of a dollar bill include 13 steps on the pyramid, 13 stars above the eagle's head, 13 war arrows in the eagle's claw and 13 leaves on the olive branch.

I just couldn't resist...