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Number Thirteen Facts

The fear of number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia and it was derived from treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen and phobia. There were thirteen people at Christ's Last Supper before his captivity, it is recorder that Christ was crucified on Friday. Routine mission to the moon goes drastically wrong on Apollo 13. Some hotels skip number thirteen when numbering rooms. In Formula 1, there is no car with the number 13.


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Raum
"Rather than dying on “Good Friday,” or Friday the 13th, Christ actually died on a Wednesday, the Passover."

Fail.
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Raum at 02:14PM, Apr 27th 2009.
jer
Rather than dying on “Good Friday,” or Friday the 13th, Christ actually died on a Wednesday, the Passover.

http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=4758.4390.102.0
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jer at 10:13AM, Apr 10th 2009.
geoff
Funny thing, when hotels dont put a 13th floor, there still is a 13th floor its just called the 14th ;p
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geoff at 04:52AM, Mar 28th 2009.
irochka
theres nothing wrong with this number!!!!!
and i even like it ;) ;) ;)
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irochka at 04:42PM, Mar 11th 2009.
Joe Weber
The only time my car had ever broken down was Friday the 13th..
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Joe Weber at 11:58AM, Feb 24th 2009.
Mia
Actually # 13 is my fav number.. I even made a presentation on it... hehehe my birthday is on november 13th too ;)))))
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Mia at 04:13PM, Dec 9th 2008.
melikescrakers
I was born the 13th of Nov....
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melikescrakers at 10:33AM, Nov 7th 2008.
naruto
My favorite # is 13 and 666
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naruto at 06:30PM, Nov 5th 2008.
tamara
i actually like the number 13. theres nothing wrong with it.
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tamara at 03:19PM, Sep 23rd 2008.
Johnny
Actually, some people believe number 13 is lucky
o.O? It's all on what you believe.
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Johnny at 11:16PM, Jul 24th 2008.
mary mathews
excellent fact...really wonderful to hear
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mary mathews at 11:11AM, Apr 6th 2008.
Avram
Well, you have them here. At least some of them :)
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Avram at 08:28AM, Oct 6th 2007.
sierra
need facts about the number thirteen
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sierra at 01:31PM, Oct 5th 2007.

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