By the numbers

Thirteen

13: Number of original American colonies

13: Number of items in a baker’s dozen

13: Channel that broadcasts New York City’s flagship PBS station

13: Number feared by people with triskaidekaphobia

1911: Year the word for the fear of 13 was first used

Sources: iq.lycos.co.uk and campcatatonia.org


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