Don’t be afraid of Friday the 13th! These 13 people have already used up all their bad luck

Note to lazy readers: The first part of the article is more historical in nature, followed by spicy gifs and images. Don’t despair.

Why exactly the superstition that people are particularly prone to bad luck on Fridays falling on the 13th of a month cannot be clearly explained. 13 as an unlucky number could have its origins in religion (thanks for ruining what should be a beautiful number, Jude). In German vernacular the number was also called “the devil’s dozen”.

Since Christ’s crucifixion, Friday has only been moderately popular among Christians (but it is among the rest – thanks for Good FRIDAY at this point). Moreover, in 1929 the stock market crashed on a Friday of all days, which fell on the thirteenth. There are also films from 1914 and 1944 (both with the resounding title “Friday the 13th”). and the superstition was perfect.

It doesn’t seem like it would take much for such a superstition. Yet we also pay tribute to bad luck (so you don’t have to)!

Japanese Tsutomu Yamaguchi witnessed both atomic bombings in World War II. Although there are reports of a total of seventy people suffering the same fate as him, Yamaguchi is the only one whose fate has been officially confirmed and recognized by the Japanese government.

Anyway: Yamaguchi lived to be 93 years oldbefore he died in 2010.

To this day, Hodges remains the only person ever struck by a meteorite. That was in 1954, while Hodges was relaxing on the couch at home. After all, meteorites are very valuable objects. Of course she couldn’t keep the meteorite; it was – what a surprise – seized by the American Air Force.

After legal disputes with the Air Force and later with the landlady, and after unwanted public attention, Hodges, discouraged, donated the stone to Alabama Museum of Natural History.

When the entire Spanish village of Sodeto, with 200 souls, gathered for the traditional Spanish Christmas lottery in 2011, the Greek emigrant was left out. How is that possible? The village housewives association, which organized the distribution, forgot to call him. The only one.

Well, the village won, which amounted to a stake of about 6 euros per capita This meant a minimum profit of 100,000 euros for each resident. Except Costis Mitsotakis.

The Canadian soldier is viewed historically last victim of the First World War. He was fatally wounded by a German sniper when his battalion pursued retreating German soldiers for security reasons. He died on November 11, 1918 at 10:58 am. The agreed ceasefire came into effect at 11:00 am.

Adolphe Sax is not only the inventor of the saxophone, but also Bad luck on dutyas this Wikipedia entry shows:

Let us now begin with the voyeuristic pleasure of the tragic heroes of our superstition.