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The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia, frigga, meaning "Friday" and triskaidekaphobia, or paraskevidekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví, meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (meaning "thirteen"), attached to phobía (from phóbos, meaning "fear"). The word was derived in 1911 and first appeared in a mainstream source in 1953.

90% of US skyscrapers do away with floor number 13, according to reports by the Otis Elevator Company, the world's largest elevator manufacturers.
According to folklorists, there is no written evidence for a "Friday the 13th" superstition before the 19th century. The earliest known documented reference in English occurs in an 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini.
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Michele Avanti, CAP EFT-3According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day. Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they avoid their normal routines in doing business, taking flights or even getting out of bed. "It's been estimated that [US]$800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day."
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Dr. Adele “Z.Z.” Zorn ¦ Society News & Entertainment TidbitsEvery month that begins on a Sunday will contain a Friday the 13th, and there is at least one Friday the 13th, but no more than three in every calendar year.
Susie Isaacs ¦ Ms. PokerThe seals on the back of a dollar bill include 13 steps on the pyramid, 13 stars above the eagle's head, 13 war arrows in the eagle's claw and 13 leaves on the olive branch.