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  2. Triskaidekaphobia - Wikipedia

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    Friday the 13th mini-crash was a stock market crash that occurred on Friday, October 13, 1989. Vehicle registration plates in Ireland are such that the first two digits represent the year of registration of the vehicle (i.e., 11 is a 2011 registered car, 12 is 2012, and so on).

  3. Today is Friday the 13th. Why do people consider it to be an ...

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    Friday, Sept. 13, 1996: Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas, Nevada. Friday, Jan. 13, 2012: The Costa Concordia cruise ship crashed off the coast of Italy. Fear of the number 13 has a phobia

  4. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Fear of the number 9 is known as enneaphobia, in Japanese culture; this is because it sounds like the Japanese word for "suffering". [4] [5] The number 13. Fear of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia. The number 17. Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39.

  5. Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an ...

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    There’s even a name to describe the irrational dread of the date: paraskevidekatriaphobia — a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13. While Friday the 13th may feel ...

  6. Friday the 13th - Wikipedia

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    The shortest period that occurs with a Friday the 13th is just one month, from February to March in a common year starting on Thursday (e.g. 2009, 2015 and 2026). On average, there is a Friday the 13th once every 212.35 days. Friday the 13ths occurs with an average frequency of 1.7218 per year or about 3477 since the year 1 CE.

  7. Why is Friday the 13th said to bring bad luck? The day ... - AOL

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    The fear of Friday the 13th is called Friggatriskaidekaphobia, which is made up of the Norse goddess Friday was named after and the Greek words for 13. Friday the 13th has appeared in both books ...

  8. 18 terrible things that happened on Friday the 13th - AOL

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    Friday the 13th is so famously unlucky that there's even a phobia dedicated to it: friggatriskaidekaphobia. Even if you personally don't put stock in this fear, there are a lot of people who do.

  9. Category:Triskaidekaphobia - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to triskaidekaphobia, the fear or avoidance of the number 13. It is also a reason for the fear of Friday the 13th , called paraskevidekatriaphobia . Subcategories