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Do you have ‘paraskavedekatriaphobia’ (just like Henry Ford, Napoleon, and Franklin D. Roosevelt)?
Henry Ford, the father of the modern automobile industry, ‘refused to do business on Friday the 13th.’ Ford shared the same fear and caution with other stalwarts as Napoleon and President Franklin Roosevelt.
FDR was such a day 13th phobic that he altered his ‘own travel plans on any day of the week that landed on the 13th.’ According to Thomas [...]
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