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Black Cat Alert: Today's Friday the 13th
An estimated 17 to 21 million people in the U.S. are affected by a fear of this most superstitious of days.
Superstitious much?
Today is Friday the 13th. The third, and last, of they year.
Did you know that there is actually a scientific term for the fear of the number 13? Psychologists call it “triskaidekaphobia.” The fear of Friday 13th itself is even more unpronouncable: “paraskevidekatriaphobia.”
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Snopes.com has an interesting history about the origins of the day.
Today, those with a superstitious bent stay off roads, ladders and black cats. There’s a good chance some people you know—or you yourself—are a little bit more wary today.
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Wikipedia reports that, according to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, NC, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the U.S. are affected by a fear of Friday the 13th.
How about you?