From the internet---So, it MUST be twoo, according to Tweety Bird
On Friday, October 13, 1307, officers of King Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the Knights Templar, a powerful religious and military order formed in the 12th century for the defense of the Holy Land.
Imprisoned on charges of various illegal behaviors (but really because the king wanted access to their financial resources), many Templars were later executed. Some cite the link with the Templars as the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition, but like many legends involving the Templars and their history, the truth remains murky.
In more recent times, a number of traumatic events have occurred on Friday the 13th, including the German bombing of Buckingham Palace (September 1940); the murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens, New York (March 1964); a cyclone that killed more than 300,000 people in Bangladesh (November 1970); the disappearance of a Chilean Air Force plane in the Andes (October 1972); the death of rapper Tupac Shakur (September 1996) and the crash of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Italy, which killed 30 people (January 2012).
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Other facts(?) to impress your friends:
A 13 sided shape is a Tridecagon, for which there is no conceivable application-also not invented by Al Gore
M is the 13th letter of the alphabet, for which there is no conceivable association
The alphabet, co-inky-dinkly, contains 2 sets of 13 letters
Amazingly, the number 13 is 13th when counting consecutively, while consecutively itself has 13 letters
Like it or not, science dictates Friday, the 13th actually DOES occur on some occasions-supported by Al Gore
There are 13 coils on a hangman's noose---didja notice the term has 13 letters?
Apollo 13 was nearly a disaster, yet, Apollo, not the 13th god of myth, had a lot of neat responsibilities
Liechtenstein is the only 1 word country on the 3rd rock from the sun
13% of the Liechtenstein population declined comment on all the above, noting there were not 13 items
Finally---The English language contains 13857 words comprised of 13 letters. Can you name them?
P.S. Don't watch a ladder crossing a road and avoid walking under a black cat
Bob out---REALLY!
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