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23Oct/22

Why is 13 considered unlucky? Explaining the power of its bad reputation

October 23, 2022Human Interest13, Articles, Baldur, Barry Markovsky, Belgium, Belief, Brussels Airlines, China, Creative Commons, Evolutionary psychology, Fear, Friday the 13th, Getty Images, Human behavior, Italy, Japan, Jesus, Joe Nickell, Leonardo da Vinci, Loki, Luck, Luis, Milan, Number of the Beast, Numerology, Phobias, Richard Dawkins, Superstition, Triskaidekaphobiaadmin

Many elevators do not have a floor numbered 13 because of common superstitions about the number.
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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