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This Rare Friday the 13th

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paraskavedekatriaphobes-unite dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes to point out a Washington Times story about how special this particular Friday the 13th is. The digits in the numerical notation for the date add up to 13 — whether you write it in the US or the European form. From the article: "The phenomenon hasn't happened in 476 years, said Heinrich Hemme, a physicist at Germany's University of Aachen who crunched the numbers to find that the double-whammy last occurred Jan. 13, 1520."

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  1. How about something more interesting? by winkydink · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Like it's the anniversary of the supposed origin of Friday the 13th being unlucky? October 13, 1307

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  2. Re:Commutivity by UglyTool · · Score: 5, Interesting
    *sigh*

    1520 + 476 = 1996...

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  3. Re:Scheiße! by Kredal · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, of course... because Dec 25 = Oct 31

    (decimal and Octal, that is)

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  4. Knights Templar by Danathar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I find it funny that people regaurd today as unlucky when it's only the Aniversary of the sacking of the Knights Templar by the King of France and the Pope hundreds of years ago!

    History that still effects people after so long is cool

  5. I see it as lucky 7 by 10e6Steve · · Score: 4, Interesting

    10-13-2006 would evaluate to 1 + 0 + (-1) + 3 + (-2) + 0 + 0 + 6 which equals lucky 7.