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Happy Friday The 13th everyone!
Here is a little history behind Friday The 13th.

Dutch ststisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countrys as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday. A study showed that fewer accidents, reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Fridat than on any other Friday.

For those that fear Friday The 13th there is a name for it, Paraskevidekatraiphobia its what happens when a fear of Fridays meets a fear of the number 13.

Some trivia information about Friday The 13th.

October 1307, when on Friday the 13th. French King Philip IV rounded up hundreds of monks and tortured them into admitting a variety of heresies.

July 1951: The Great Flood killed 24 people , destroyed more than 2 million acres of land in Kansas and caused 760 million in damage.

March 1964: The "Good Friday" earthquake wasn't actually so good. It remains the largest earthquake in North American history, killing 131 people.

Scary Facts about the number 13.

-In a traditional hangman's noose there are 13 twists of the rope and 13 steps to the gallows.

-Many buildings dont count their 13th floors. You'll see on their elevators the the numbers skip from 12 to 14.

-There is no 13th Avenue in San Fransico, insted Funston Avenue is between 12th and 14th Avenues.

- Killers Charles Manson, Saddam Hussein, Jeffery Dahmer, John Wayne Gracy, Theodore Bundy, and Jack The Ripper each have 13 letters in there name.

Friday The 13th's unlucky people
They have all died on Friday The 13th.

Tupac Shakur
Al Capone
Benny Goodman
Hubert Humphrey

Hope you enjoy the history lesson Have a Happy Friday The 13th

im a little smarter today cause of you lol.

Thanks for the history lesson.

"destroyed more than 2 million acres of land"

Not sure you can destroy land, I have been in KS a lot of times and I have not seen any large missing parts of land.

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