Fun (false) Facts

To ease myself back into blogging after a time of laziness, I present for you:
Rory’s Ten Facts About Friday the Thirteenth (5 of which are true!)

1. According to insurance companies, there are actually LESS accidents on Friday the 13th, as people tend to be more careful. 
2. King Henry VI was both born and killed on a Friday the 13th. He also ascended to the throne AND got married on that date. He also got his first haircut on a Friday the 13th, walked his first steps, received his first postcard and lost his first tooth. No, seriously, he did. Look it up. Have you looked it up now? Good - let’s move on…
3. The first mention in literature of Friday the 13th being associated with bad luck did not appear until 1869.
4. In the first draft of the script for the “Friday the 13th” film, the bad guys name was NATHAN CULPEPPER
5. In Greece, the unlucky day is TUESDAY the 13th.
6. In Italy, it’s Friday the SEVENTEETH.
7. The fear of Friday the 13ths is known as PUPANINTRANTAPHOBIA
8. The longest we can go WITHOUT a Friday the 13th is 14 months.
9. By a curiosity of astrophysics, it is never possible to see Saturn’s rings on a Friday the 13th.
10. The letters in FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH can be rearranged to form the phrase “SUPERSTITIOUS CODSWALLOP”

RC 13-9-13