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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. WTF?? by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did the editor forget that this /.? How is this superstition news for geeks?

  2. Re:I Just Knew I Shoulda Stayed In Bed Today by stfvon007 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Near where I live a lot of people did just that cause there was so much snow, and they couldnt even get out of their driveways (not to mention branches and power lines everywhere). Never seen a snowstorm this early before. It took out quite a few trees cause the snow piled on their leaves (wich have only barly started to change color and nowhere near falling off yet)

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  3. Re:Old news! by geekoid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ha, when I go home, your weekend will be half over, while mine is just getting started.

    Also, I get three days off every weekend.

    That had nothing to do with the subject, but I love to brag about that.

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