Friday the 13th Part II

 

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Today is Friday the 13^th.  As is custom here at Obstructed Views it’s time for a special holiday edition.  We have previously done a Friday the 13^th edition in January of last year and you can read it by clicking here.  In keeping with the Obstructed Views tradition here are 13 more facts about Friday the 13^th, if you have Friggatriskaidekaphobia maybe you should stop reading now.

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1.       There is no consensus on when or why Friday the 13^th is unlucky but Friday has been considered unlucky since The Canterbury Tales.  Jesus was also crucified on a Friday and it is believed that Eve tempted Adam with the fruit on a Friday,  adding to the folklore

2.       This is the first Friday the 13^th in 2013.  The next one will be in December.

3.       In Spanish speaking countries, Tuesday the 13^th is considered the unlucky day

4.       In Italy 13 is actually considered lucky, it’s Friday the 17^th they’re scared of.

5.       The 13^th of a month is more likely to be on a Friday than any other day.

6.       You have 1/214 probability of being born on Friday the 13^th

7.       If you have 13 letters in your name you are considered to have Devil’s Luck – , Charles Manson, Jeffery Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, hell, even Jack the Ripper

8.       On October 13^th 1972 a plane carry the Uruguay Rugby team crashed in the Andes Mountains.  The movie Alive is based off this incident

9.       There is no 13^th Avenue in San Francisco.

10.   Celebrating a birthday on this Friday the 13^th – Tyler Perry, Ben Savage, Fiona Apple, and Sprinter Michael Johnson

11.   These celebrities were born on Friday the 13^th Butch Cassidy, Fidel Castro, Margaret Thatcher, Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Tork, Steve Buscemi, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Darius Rucker, and the Olsen Twins

12.   Friday the 13^th was extremely unlucky for 2Pac, Julia Child and Tim Russert who all died on Friday the 13^th. 

13.   2Pac died exactly 17 years ago today: Friday September 13th, 1996.

Until next time this is Jimbo saying stay safe America.