Five facts about Friday the 13th

Today, Friday (13/04/2012) is identical to the Friday the 13th in America. Usually Friday the 13th has a mystical significance in American culture today and is considered to be unlucky for some people.
The origins of the relationship between bad luck with Friday the 13th is not quite clear. Some are taking the theory of the Christian Bible that the last supper of Jesus the prophet in Friday the 13th. In the Middle Ages, on Friday and 13 are thought to bring bad luck and in modern times, superstitions still believed the community.
So what ya 5 facts about Friday the 13th, the Gadgetan will try summarize it for you:
A. Paraskavedekatriaphobia and Friggatriskaidekaphobia is a term for people who have excessive fear of Friday the 13th. There is also the name for the phobia of the number 13 is Triskaidekaphobia.
2. Many hospitals do not have the space 13. Some tall buildings skip the 13th floor as well and eliminate some of the flight terminal gate 13.
3. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, will not travel on the 13th day of any month. He also would never eat if there are 13 entertaining guests. Besides Roosevelt, Napoleon and President Herbert Hoover was also a Triskaidekaphobic, they have an abnormal fear of the number 13.
4. Mark Twain had been a guest to-13 at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go, and if it is "bad luck". Twain later told his host that only had food for 12 guests. Visitors who are superstitious in Paris can hire quatorzieme, or guests to-14 to make up the count.
5. Number 13 is considered the number present after the number 12. In European and American culture, the number 12 is considered to have perfect figures like 12 months of the year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 workers Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus the prophet, Christmas in the 12th and 12th eggs in one dozen.

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