paraskavedekatriaphobia

triskaidekaphobia is actually a fear of the number 13, not friday the 13th. paraskavedekatriaphobia is the proper term for the fear of friday the 13th. i hear people screw that up all the time. like...daily. =P~

anyway, i remember a few years back when the dropzone would run a reduced rate jump ticket every friday the 13th, with the slogan "tempt your fate!" i started hoping for friday the 13th to roll around more often. and that made me wonder how often it really does happen. so i looked it up and found this website, which says:

It turns out that every year has at least one Friday the 13th. The largest possible number of Friday the 13ths in one year is three. Surprisingly, it turns out that a 13th is slightly more likely to fall on a Friday than any other day. This happens because the leap year rules make some patterns of weekdays happen more often than others.

interesting.

and there is your useless bit of information for the day. tah daaaaah!