Friday the 13th

Sep 13, 2019

Wooooo… Friday the 13^th is here! Call in sick, lock the doors, rent some funny movies and don’t do anything all day cause this is the creepiest day and why even bother taking any chances. Friday the 13^th happens at least once a year, and there is a strong superstition that this day is a day of bad luck for everyone.

Friday the 13th is amongst us

Logic or Luck

OK but maybe you are a completely logical person and you’ve realized that bad luck is a bunch of baloney. People who believe Friday the 13^th has evil superstitions have a sickness or a phobia called friggatriskaidekaphobia and it is because they are scared of the number 13. What the heck is wrong with 13 anyways?

Unlucky List

It’s kind of funny how 13 became an unlucky number, but this will help explain why Friday the 13^th became known as the “unlucky” day:

The number 12 completes everything like months of the year and hours of the clock so everyone got mad at 13 because it’s the first number outside of the box of completeness.
In some stories called “The Canterbury Tales”, the English made Friday an unlucky day by writing some scary stories about bad things that happen on Friday.
The biggest reason why Friday has such a bad wrap is because according to the Christian scripture, Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

Canterbury Tales were told 100s of years ago

Friday the 13^th Facts

People are so scared of this day, stats show that the USA loses $800-900 million dollars in business every Friday the 13^th
In the Netherlands, a study was done to show that there are fewer accidents because people are more careful on Friday the 13^th.
Horror Movies are generally premiered on Friday the 13^th
Tupac Amaru Shakur died on a Friday the 13^th
Unix time reached 1234567890 on Friday the 13^th in February of 2009
A asteroid is scheduled to come close to contact with the Earth on a Friday the 13^th in 2029
Hospitals will never have a room 13 and most buildings skip naming the 13^th floor