Friday the 13th Reasearch by Sara Humenik

Jacob

2015-02-13 20:55:42 UTC

researchers estimate that at least 10% of the worlds population has a fer of the number 13 and each year the even more specific fear known as paraskevidekatriaphobia results in financial losses in excess of $800 million annually, as people avoid maring, traveling or in the most severe cases, even working.

Lily

2015-02-13 21:01:12 UTC

People are afraid of the number 13 because the oldest legal documents of Hammurabi says the law about 13 but it was a error by a translator who failed to include a line.

Cellsea

2015-02-13 21:03:36 UTC

Others have pointed out that 13's younger sibling, the number 12 traditionally signifies completeness: There are 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 months of the year , 12 hours on the clock and 12 tribes of Israel, among other famous dozens.

Lily

2015-02-13 21:09:54 UTC

12 is often considered a perfect number in the Ancient world.

dakota

2015-02-13 21:14:57 UTC

between over 17 and 21 million people have the fear of the number 13.

Jacob

2015-02-13 21:15:12 UTC

according to the stress management center and phobia institute in Asheville, north Carolina, fear of friday the 13th affects between 17 and 21 million amaricans. but how did this tongue twister (friggatriskaidekaphobia) of a superstition originate, and how does Friday the 13th really deserve its bad rap?

Lily

2015-02-13 21:20:27 UTC

According to biblical sources, Friday was the day on which Eve offered Adam the forbidden fruit and Jesus was crucified.

Lily

2015-02-13 21:21:36 UTC

Over the years, attempts have been made to debunk the notion that 13 is an unlucky number and prove that Friday the 13th is a day like any other.