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Re: Symmetry
Posted By: Jimmy, on host 206.229.91.132
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2000, at 11:59:56
In Reply To: Re: Symmetry posted by Mel on Wednesday, February 23, 2000, at 21:52:48:

> >A person of great stature was given a multi-shot salute, but always an odd number because sailors thought even numbers brought bad luck.
>
> Hmm...so why is thirteen, an odd number, considered an unlucky number?
>

The explanation I heard for that superstition is that there were 13 people at the Last Supper.

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