Why do people tend to be superstitious about numbers?
Thirteen is supposed to be evil either because there were thirteen people at the Last Supper or that many members in a witches coven.
And remember all the news about people who thought the year 2000 would be the second coming of Christ and the end of the world?
The dates 12/12/12 and 11/12/13 were supposed to be lucky days for a child to be born.
Personally, I'm not superstitious, but I do think number patterns are interesting.
For instance, just this week we had 5/11/15 and 51115 is nicely symmetrical.
And last week on 5/4/15 spacey fans greeted each other by saying, "May the fourth be with you." I love that kind of humor!
What other number patterns can you think of?
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
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I'm not superstitious either, Janet, but also find number facts interesting. This past week the dates could be read the same forward or backward from 5/10/15 until 5/19/15.
Thanks, Connie. Yes, they're all palindromes.
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