The one day of the year surrounded by superstitions around the world is Friday the 13. It doesn’t matter the month, or year but it seems this day causes a lot of harm to people around the world. Take for example all of the tragedies that have occurred on Friday the 13th, throughout the world and the modern era. The bombing of Buckingham Palace during WW2, The Costa Concordia cruise ship sanking off the cost of Italy killing 32 people, and Swedish Flight DC-3 vanishing never to be heard from again. Each of these events have only one thing in common they each occurred on Friday the 13th. Where all of these events a coincidence ? Most people know that Friday the 13th is associated with atrocities such as these. Each year on this day, it seems that many more people will meet their demise. An estimated $700-800 million U.S dollars are lost on Friday the 13 each year as people have connected the dots to this mysterious date, and refuse to travel, conduct business, and buy basic necessitates. It is for these reasons why Friday the 13th is correctly associated with its superstitions regarding the loss of human life.
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