Are you aware of the fact that why number 13 is considered so mysterious and unlucky, such as Friday 13th, Room No.13, Building No.13, etc? Why do people so afraid of the number 13 and why this number is considered so odd in the normal world. Today we will discuss the same topic, so let's start it.
But before proceeding let's know first, what is the number 12 which is considered to be very auspicious. Have you ever noticed that the calendar has 12 months, the day is also divided into 12 - 12 hours (12+12=24) and it is also considered to be a completely divisible number. On the other side, number 13 is considered inauspicious in most countries, and there is a lot of fear of this number among people.
In the entire world, you will find many such hotels, from where there will be no room named Room No. 13, such as room numbers will go along the series 10, 11, 12 14, and 15.
Many Aircraft manufacturing companies even skip the number 13 seat as of the superstition that the number 13 brings bad luck, so why do people actually so afraid of the number 13 and why is it considered a sign of bad luck?
In the olden times when someone was sentenced to be hanged, there was a stairway to climb up to the point of execution that takes the criminal to stand on the hanging spot, and the number of steps it takes to reach the top was also 13.
Many criminals who used to kill people like Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Charles Manson, people believe that their names also have 13 letters. But we are not saying personally that having 13 letters in a name made someone inauspicious, as there would be many such people. All this is just a matter of saying, but people believe in such a way that is a very strange thing indeed and coincidentally these killers also have 13 letters in their names which people believe is a sign of being inauspicious.
But not only on earth, even in space, the number 13 has considered unlucky because of Apollo 13 moon mission, the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program, the lunar landing in it was aborted as an oxygen tank in the service module failed. The astronauts have somehow returned safely to Earth, but this incident was really a bad experience for them.
Apart from this, the tarot cards, you all know it better, the 13th number card in it is considered to be the card of death.
In most of the hotels, no room will be having the number 13 and in some cases, not even the 13th floor, and usually, this fear of the number 13 among people is called triskaidekaphobia.
Another fact is that many restaurants will have dinner table numbers like 11, 12, and 14, skipping the number 13.
One more thing maybe you know it or not, there was no sector 13 in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, the city of dreams since it was formed in 1966. Until 2019, Chandigarh has never had a Sector 13, the people there would better know about this thing. Because the architect who built this city, Le Corbusier, also considered the number 13 as unlucky. But now after a long period of 54 years, it has been created there.
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