Bad things that have happened on Friday 13
- In 1976, New Yorker Daz Baxter was apparently so afraid of Friday the 13th he decided the safest place to stay was his bed. Mr Baxter was killed when the floor of his apartment block collapsed that day.
- In 2009, the £13.5 million SAW ride at Thorpe Park had its opening premiere, only to be shut down due to a computer programming fault. Spooky.
- In 2010, lightning struck a 13-year-old Suffolk boy on Friday 13th at 13:13. Definitely unlucky for him.
- During the early 1990s retired bus conductor Bob Renphrey also vowed to stay in bed on the superstitious day after some seriously bad luck. The Welshman has crashed fours cars, fallen into a river and been made redundant on previous Friday the 13ths.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/friday-the-13th-why-is-it-so-unlucky/
- The Romans named January after Janus, the God of beginnings and transitions. Janus had two faces, one looking at the past and what’s coming to an end, and one looking forward, towards new beginnings and what’s coming.
- January’s birthstone is Garnet, which represents balance!
- The flower connected with this month, is the carnation, which symbolizes love, fascination and distinction.
- January is also the National Donate Blood month, so if you are a donor, now is the month to give the gift of life to someone! Such an amazing start of the year, don’t you think?
- It is considered the coldest month in the Northern hemisphere, but not the Southern.
- January days are the coldest in the UK, whereas the coldest nights are during February.
- The only Shakespeare plays that mention January are “Much Ado about nothing” and “Winter’s Tale”.
- It’s the National Soup month in the USA
Sources:
http://www.flowermeaning.com/carnation-flower-meaning/
http://www.prettyopinionated.com/2013/01/fun-trivia-facts-about-january/
http://www.tipsywriter.com/blog/6-interesting-facts-about-january/
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/549736/Top-10-facts-about-January