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    FRIDAY THE 13TH FACTS...



    DID YOU KNOW !?!??

    According to Smithsonian Magazine "fear of the #13 costs American a billion dollars per year in absenteeism, train and plane cancellations, and reduced commerce on the 13th of the month."
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    Fear of Friday the 13th dates back to Nordic Mythology. Many of their thirteenth Gods met with violent deaths, such as Loki, the trickster.
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    Ancient Romans regarded the number 13 as a symbol of death, destruction and misfortune.
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    Lizzy Borden uttered a total of 13 words at her trial.
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    There were 13 original colonies.
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    A witches coven consists of 13 members.
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    Tarot Card number 13 is the Death Card, depicting the Grim Reaper
    (although it is read as transition or change and not literal death).
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    Hotels rarely have a room number 13. Usually it is called 12a or 14. Same with floors of buildings and the elevators without a #13 button. Highways sometimes will skip exit 13 altogether also.
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    There are 13 steps leading to the gallows.
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    13 knots in a hangman's noose.
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    13 feet which the guillotine blade falls.
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    The driver of Princess Diana hit pillar #13 at Place de l'Alma when she was killed in Paris, France.
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    13 people, Christ and his 12 disciples, were in attendance at the last supper. This is where the Christian belief ties in, making Friday a believed unlucky day, as the crucifixtion occurred on a Friday.
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    Certain ocean liners will be held in dock until after midnight to appease passenger's fears on Friday the 13th.
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    British study concluded that even though there were less cars on the road on Friday the 13th
    (as compared with other Fridays) more accidents were reported.
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    Trisadekaphobia is the technical name for fear of Friday the 13th.
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    Apollo 13, 1970, the 13th mission launched from pad #39 (13 x 3), mission was aborted, after an explosion occurred in the fuel cell of their service module. The rocket had left launcing pad at 13:13 CST and the date was April 13th.
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    Epluribus Unum has 13 letters.
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    The US Seal has 13 stars, bars, feathers in the eagle's tail, 13 bars in one claw, 13 olive branches in the other.
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    A "quatrorzieme" is a professional 14th guest hired by the French who had only 13 guests in attendance for dinner, who felt that was unlucky.
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    A baker's dozen consists of 13 for a reason! So the story goes a witch near Albany, NY demanded 13 items every time she came in to a particular bakery, and one day the old baker could not afford her extra biscuit. She sneered some strange words at the man, and he suffered terrible luck from then on, until he brought her another 13 rolls. After that life was once again easy for the baker and word spread around town. The custom is still sometimes practiced today. HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
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    That's Crazy!!!

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    Default Re: FRIDAY THE 13th FACTS... get your lucky rabbits feet!

    I never understood superstitions...
    If everything you try is a sure thing, you aren't taking enough risks. If you never fail, you put a limit on the degree to which you can succeed. In short, the only way to win big is to risk losing

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    FWIW, it can be proven mathmatically that the 13th day of the month occurs on Friday more often than any other day of the week.
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    Default Re: FRIDAY THE 13th FACTS... get your lucky rabbits feet!

    Damn,I might stay home from work tommorrow.
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    friday 13th just freaks me out!!!!!!!!!

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    Friday the 13th
    Jacques Demolay and the Knights Templar
    by Anthony Peña

    Both the number 13 and the day of the week Friday have had varied "reputations" throughout the centuries - sometimes considered to be holy and other times considered unholy. In the Western world, the superstition linking Friday the 13th with being unlucky is primarily associated with the final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques Demolay, and the date of Friday, October the 13th, 1307 AD (Old Style - OS).

    In 1099 AD the Roman Catholic Church - via the now infamous bloody religious wars of the Christian Crusades - regained control over the holy city of Jerusalem. However, the lands surrounding Jerusalem were still in the hands of the Moslems. A warrior order of the Roman Catholic Church eventually banded together that was allegedly for the purpose of protecting Christian travelers on their way to the holy city of Jerusalem. The warrior order was officially recognized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1118 AD, and they were then provided with a headquarters building located on Mount Moriah. This building was located on a site traditionally thought to be the former Temple of King Solomon. Thus, the warrior order became known as the Knights of the Temple, or the Knights Templar.

    To make a very long (but incredibly interesting) story short, Jacques Demolay became the Grand Master of the Knights Templar in around 1293 AD During the two hundred years of their existence within the Roman Catholic Church, the Knights Templar had grown into a rather rich and powerful political force to be reckoned with. During Demolay's stay in office as Grand Master, the Templars had increasingly grown in disfavor with the current pope, Pope Clement V, and with the King of France, Phillip the Fair.

    In 1307 AD the pope and the king arranged for the Templars to meet with them for a "friendly convocation" in Paris, France. Jacques Demolay was arrested on Friday, October the 13th, 1307 AD (OS). Seven years later, in 1314 AD, Jacques DeMolay was burned at the stake for the crime of church heresy. Legend continues on that before Demolay died, he predicted to the king and pope that he would meet them both in heaven within the next year. Fact is....the king and the pope did die in the year 1314 AD.

    As for the "heresy" surrounding the Knights Templar - I'd love to share the details with you. However it's long, complicated, controversial, and I'm quite sure it would totally blow your mind. However, I will say that the "heresy" of the Templars was likely related to what might be called the integration or marriage of the "archetypal feminine" with the masculine Christian Trinity. (Was that vague and shrouded or what?) Oh yeah... the rather fantastical theories - purporting the Templars to be some sort of secret Satanists and/or worshippers of an idol named Baphomet - are based on hoax and distorted conjecture.
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    Default Re: FRIDAY THE 13th FACTS... get your lucky rabbits feet!

    nice one sh0t

    i also got this off of http://www.didyouknow.cd/phobias/phobias.htm

    The number 13

    It is believed that the fear for the number 13 stems from primitive man being unable to count past 12. Numbers beyond 12 do now have an individual and independent name but are a combination of the first 12 numbers. With 12 being the end of the line, 13 was moving into unknown territory.


    and this from http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/his...y_the_13th.htm

    (discussing how many people suffer from a fear of this most superstitious of day)

    According to Dr. Donald Dossey, a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of phobias and coiner of the term "paraskevidekatriaphobia," the figure may be as high as 21 million.
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    Default Re: FRIDAY THE 13th FACTS... get your lucky rabbits feet!

    Superstitions about this day never bothered me much. In fact, Friday the 13th has always been very lucky for me. I have a ton of other superstition stuff (about this particular day, and others) I'll post them a bit later.

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