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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