It is a common held fact that the number 13 is considered an unlucky number in many countries. For example, the nationalist political leader, Charles Stewart Parnell, had an irrational fear of the number thirteen, the Mayan calendar ended on the 13th Baktun, and was believed to be the sign of the end in the 2012 phenomenon, and many people tended to avoid buying products that was labeled as thirteen.
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| - It is a common held fact that the number 13 is considered an unlucky number in many countries. For example, the nationalist political leader, Charles Stewart Parnell, had an irrational fear of the number thirteen, the Mayan calendar ended on the 13th Baktun, and was believed to be the sign of the end in the 2012 phenomenon, and many people tended to avoid buying products that was labeled as thirteen.
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| - It is a common held fact that the number 13 is considered an unlucky number in many countries. For example, the nationalist political leader, Charles Stewart Parnell, had an irrational fear of the number thirteen, the Mayan calendar ended on the 13th Baktun, and was believed to be the sign of the end in the 2012 phenomenon, and many people tended to avoid buying products that was labeled as thirteen. In 1911, a term for the fear of the number 13 was coined by Isador Coriat in his Abnormal Psychology book. It was referred to as "Triskaidekaphobia," and it entailed that those affected by this phobia tried to avoid anything that had the number thirteen in it. This fear also extended to Friday the 13, which is considered as the unluckiest day of the month.
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