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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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need facts about the number thirteen

sierra at 01:31PM, Oct 5th 2007.

Well, you have them here. At least some of them :)

Avram at 08:28AM, Oct 6th 2007.

excellent fact...really wonderful to hear

mary mathews at 11:11AM, Apr 6th 2008.

Actually, some people believe number 13 is lucky
o.O? It's all on what you believe.

Johnny at 11:16PM, Jul 24th 2008.

i actually like the number 13. theres nothing wrong with it.

tamara at 03:19PM, Sep 23rd 2008.

My favorite # is 13 and 666

naruto at 06:30PM, Nov 5th 2008.

I was born the 13th of Nov....

melikescrakers at 10:33AM, Nov 7th 2008.

Actually # 13 is my fav number.. I even made a presentation on it... hehehe my birthday is on november 13th too ;)))))

Mia at 04:13PM, Dec 9th 2008.

The only time my car had ever broken down was Friday the 13th..

Joe Weber at 11:58AM, Feb 24th 2009.

theres nothing wrong with this number!!!!!
and i even like it ;) ;) ;)

irochka at 04:42PM, Mar 11th 2009.

Funny thing, when hotels dont put a 13th floor, there still is a 13th floor its just called the 14th ;p

geoff at 04:52AM, Mar 28th 2009.

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

jer at 10:13AM, Apr 10th 2009.

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

Fail.

Raum at 02:14PM, Apr 27th 2009.

It is impossible to establish when Christ died.

Interesting Facts at 04:50AM, Apr 28th 2009.

The Mary Kay Headquarters has 13 floors exactly and the top floor is called floor 13. It also has 13 elevators in the building as well. He favorite number is 13.

Lori at 10:55AM, May 8th 2009.

it is only the church that told us that christ died on the 13th...

fhifhi at 02:02AM, May 13th 2009.

I think the church told us to donate them all of our monies in the name of god too!! Wait didnt god oppose interests/payments and encourage love/sharing? UPZ religion fails

NinO at 11:06AM, Jun 1st 2009.

its silly... then why dont u remove 13 from the calenders, infact, remove 13 from everywhere, numbers have no powers, its just a human invention, numbers are not God....

NMN at 06:20AM, Jul 17th 2009.

i was born on friday the thirteenth
at 7:06pm (7+6=13)
and my weight was 8 pounds 5 ounces (8+5=13)

allie at 11:45AM, Aug 12th 2009.

that offends me because my special number is thirteen.

babygirl at 06:25PM, Aug 27th 2009.

if number 13 was so unluck/bad..why is tht friday called the "good" friday??

divine death! at 04:29AM, Aug 29th 2009.

Hey i am doing a project i really need some facts :D

Hi at 04:47PM, Sep 21st 2009.

i dont know what u r talking about i was bon on 1913 fridaythe 13 and i am the luckist person ever

hhffe at 09:16AM, Oct 1st 2009.

We do know that he was killed before the sabbath approached. We know that the sabbath was the 7th day which started from Friday evening to Saturday evening. So we know he was being killed Friday morning.