8 Random Weird Facts About The [Number 13]

Norse legends claimed that the thirteenth guest at a banquet is the spirit of evil. The belief of this number to bring bad luck among Christians is often said to come from ‘the Last Supper’ when Jesus Christ sat down with his 12 disciples making a total of 13 people.

Another belief associated with the number 13 is that the first person to leave the dinner table of 13 diners will meet death before the end of the year.

The thirteenth Apollo space mission was called Apollo 13. An accident happened involving Apollo 13 on 13 April 1970, two days after its takeoff at 13:13. There was an explosion on board and spacecraft began to leak oxygen.Puerto Rico, Florida, and the Virgin Islands suffered disastrous damage on Friday dated, 13 September 1928, when a hurricane killed 2,000 people causing approximately $25 million in damage.There is no building in Paris bearing number 13.Italy omits the number 13 from its national lottery.Cancellations on trains and planes, reduced business activities, and absenteeism from work on the 13th of every month costs the USA about $1 billion a year.

For Mayans and Aztecs of Central America, the number 13 was considered to be 13.13 is traditionally a lucky number in China.Buddhists pay homage to 13 Buddhas and the orthodox Jewish prayerbook holds 13 principles of faith.

From these facts, this can be pointed out certainly, that beliefs and myths vary from place to place and people to people. The incidents, coincidences, and accidents make a certain thing to be credited and given the label of ‘lucky one’ or ‘bad luck’.

The rest depends on the common sense of the people. If seen practically, number 13 is just a number, but what made it to be surrounded by the beliefs of varieties of luck actually made it a part of myth!