I know a lot of people are freaked out on Friday the 13th, but I wonder, what’s all the fuss about?

So I did a little investigating into the superstitions of the freaky Friday, and the fears so many suffer because of it.

First off, the correct name of the Friday the 13th phobia is Paraskevidekatriaphobia. Say that once, fast!

Here are some Friday the 13th, and the #13, superstitions and facts. Amaze and impress your friends with your vast knowledge sometime today!

• The 13 ball is the least likely number to come up in the UK lottery, since it’s inception in 1994.

• It has been suggested that if 13 people all sit down at a table together at once, that they will all will die within a year.

• Beware of naming your children anything with 13 letters, example, Charles Manson. (Funny, my name is 13 letters long..)

• There are 13 witches in a coven.

• We have 3 Friday the 13ths in 2009, February, March and again in November!

• The British Navy is notoriously afraid of Friday the 13th. Nonetheless, it built a ship named Friday the 13th. On its maiden voyage, the vessel left dock on a Friday the 13th and was never heard from again.

• If you were born on a Friday the 13th (hi Mom!) then today is your LUCKY day!

• Many tall buildings do not have a 13th Floor, because if they did, no one would want to stay on them. Most hospitals d not have a room 13.

• A baker’s dozen is described by a dozen loaves of bread with the 13th being an offering to the devil so he would not spoil the other 12.

• More than 60 million people do not go to work, drive or leave their house on this unlucky day.

• The 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.

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal.

• The ill-fated Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 CST on 4/11/70. The sum of the date’s digits is 13. The explosion that crippled the spacecraft occurred on April 13th.

• According to the British Medical Journal the risk of a car accident in the UK increases by more than 50% on Friday the 13th.

• The first person to die in a car accident was killed in New York City on Sept. 13, 1899.

Enjoy your day and drive especially careful on your way home…bwahahahaha!