Friday the 13th … Are You Scared (& Why)?

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Friday the 13th … Are You Scared (& Why)?
      

Walking around (not under) ladders, avoiding black cats, stepping over cracks, avoiding a building's 13th floor (if the building even has one) -- are you superstitious this way, and especially today, on Friday the 13th?  And if so, why?  

Friday the 13th is widely hailed as the most common superstition in the world, whose roots trace back to antiquity.  

Mathematician and Britannica contributor Ian Stewart discusses You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and our love-hate relationship with numbers, and even runs through the many cultural associations we have with numbers 1 - 20 and 100 in particular.

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