If you fear Friday the 13th, then pull out your umbrella's This week's unlucky day is the firs of three this year. The next Friday the 13th comes in March, then November. This triple whammy comes around only every 11 years.
here ARE 13 MORE FACTS:
1. The British Navy built a ship named Friday the 13th. On its maiden voyage, the vessel left dock on a Friday the 13th, and was never heard from again
2. The ill-fated Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 CST on April 11, 1970 The sum of the date's digits (4/11/70 is 13)
3. Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor
4. Fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia
5. Quarterback Dan Marion wore No.13 throughout his career with the Miami Dolphins. Despite being a superb quarterback he got to the Super Bowl just once, and was trounced 38-16 by the San Francisco 49ers and Joe Montana (who wore #16 and won all four Super Bowls he played in.
6. Butch Cassidy, notorious American train and bank robber, was born on Friday, April 13, 1866
7. Fidel Castro was born on Friday, Aug 13, 1926
8. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13 day of any month and would never host 12 guests at a meal.
9. Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a professional 14th guest
10. Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. "It was bad luck," Twain later reported. "They only had food for 12."
11. Woodrow Wilson considered 13 his lucky number. He arrived in Normandy, France on Friday, Dec 13, 1918, for peace talks, only to return with a treaty he couldn't get Congress to sign.
12. The number 13 suffers from its position after 12. 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 day of Christmas and 12 members of the Clive and Jewel Walters Family!
13. 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. So far there's been no evidence typing these long-ago design decisions to the present economic situation.
BEWARE...we forgot to put the trash out and I had to run out in pajamas and Ethan had diahreah at 1:00 this morning.....
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3 comments:
That was an amazing read. . . I was wanting more members of my family but maybe I should pray for twins so I can jump from having 12 in our family to 14. Thanks for all the NEWS. . . . .You are so SMART. . . I knew that when you would always get a 4.0 in school. Keep up the good work. Love ya!
SO MANY FACTS! sounds like 13 isn't really your lucky number! I think 13 actually is very lucky for me.. you see my 2 favorite #s are 7 and 13 so the lucky one is contagous and makes the other lucky. Which is quite good. Seeing as I will graduate in 2013. But all in all my friday the 13th was actually pretty lucky! go figure!
seriously ... that was a very interesting list of facts ... i may have to plagerize(sp??) it for my own come March 13th!
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