Since it's Friday the 13th and since I'm a bit of an etymological geek, I am going to share something I learned today that I feel is an excellent thing to know!

Triskaidekaphobia (tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh) is a word that means "A morbid fear of the number 13 or the date Friday the 13th.

From Dictionary.com: "In Christian countries the number 13 was considered unlucky because there were 13 persons at the Last Supper of Christ. Fridays are also unlucky, because the Crucifixion was on a Friday. Hence a Friday falling on the thirteenth day is regarded as especially unlucky. Some famous triskaidekaphobes are Napoleon, Herbert Hoover, Mark Twain, Richard Wagner, and Franklin Roosevelt."

I plan on dropping that into conversations throughout the day to impress people. It would be a good name for a cocktail or something. I'm going to work on that.